"If you think that there is still time to waste away, then ask those in the grave because that was what they thought" - John Uwangue
I have had this topic on my mind for some time now, and everytime i try to sit down to write the body of the article, i don't always feel inspired, but not until now. I Just lost a friend, a colleague, and a brother. This gave me the opportunity to think about life itself, after hearing the news about his death, a lot of people began to say different things about life. Some said that everything about this world is vanity, some said that there is nothing to work for because at the end one will still die, some said that the world is a wicked place and only the wicked will survive, some said that life is too short to plan and worry about so, one should just spend any money that comes their way. Despite the fact that we all live by different life principles and operate on different levels of knowledge, i still believe that the world is not a wicked place but the heart of man is.
I have lost a friend, a friend that couldn't say goodbye before leaving, a friend with great potentials, a friend that his parents and community have placed all their hopes on and a friend that is worth writing about. A lot of people still believe that there is still enough time to waste on irrelevant things, they believe that the youthful days should be used to have fun so that one can tell the story when one is old. Why have fun now when there are children to rescue from off the streets, why have fun now when you could sleep off and not wake up, why have fun now when the rate of poverty and unemployment is increasing by the day, why have fun now when there are still street urchins to be rescued, why have fun now when your parents and siblings are busy waiting for you to rescue them financially, why have fun now when the world is crying for a messiah to help turn things around, why have fun now when the world needs you.
The truth is that, there is definitely no time to waste. It does not matter if you are a teenager or you are twenty one, you can still make an impact on your generation, you can still innovate or invent that problem solving technological device, you can still establish that foundation that will help cater for a particular session of the people, you can still pay up the financial debts of your country, you can still help solve that problem that is making people to have sleepless nights, you can still start something now because you never can tell when your own trumpet will sound. Stop procrastinating about what you intend to do, stop postponing actions that you can take now simply because you think that there is still time, stop counting your life according to the 24hours per day time frame, because your life might not complete the 24hours time frame (it's not my prayer for us not to grow old, but that's just life). I work like a workaholic, infact, i am not a fan of the "one thing at a time" principle because i have a lot of ideas on my sleeve and i don't want to leave this world without accomplishing all of of them. I want to die empty (empty of all my potentials) notwithstanding the age or time.
If the world does not miss you when you die then you were of no importance to it. Let the world miss you no matter how old you are, let your community miss you for impacting their lives and environment phyically, let your family and loved ones find it difficult to fill up the vacuum in their lives as a result of your absence, let your nation have a taste of what you are made of no matter your age because there is definitely no time to waste. Life is about impact, you were not just created to occupy space on the earth, there is a reason for your existence. Discover it, no matter your age because there is No Time.
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John Uwangue is arguably Africa's fastest rising and highly sought after Motivational speaker, author, blogger and Entrepreneur. He is the Founder/host of Entrepreneurs Factory® Radio Broadcast that airs in six states in Nigeria and more states still coming.
For Speaking engagements/enquiries please call +234 -70-11103445
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I have had this topic on my mind for some time now, and everytime i try to sit down to write the body of the article, i don't always feel inspired, but not until now. I Just lost a friend, a colleague, and a brother. This gave me the opportunity to think about life itself, after hearing the news about his death, a lot of people began to say different things about life. Some said that everything about this world is vanity, some said that there is nothing to work for because at the end one will still die, some said that the world is a wicked place and only the wicked will survive, some said that life is too short to plan and worry about so, one should just spend any money that comes their way. Despite the fact that we all live by different life principles and operate on different levels of knowledge, i still believe that the world is not a wicked place but the heart of man is.
I have lost a friend, a friend that couldn't say goodbye before leaving, a friend with great potentials, a friend that his parents and community have placed all their hopes on and a friend that is worth writing about. A lot of people still believe that there is still enough time to waste on irrelevant things, they believe that the youthful days should be used to have fun so that one can tell the story when one is old. Why have fun now when there are children to rescue from off the streets, why have fun now when you could sleep off and not wake up, why have fun now when the rate of poverty and unemployment is increasing by the day, why have fun now when there are still street urchins to be rescued, why have fun now when your parents and siblings are busy waiting for you to rescue them financially, why have fun now when the world is crying for a messiah to help turn things around, why have fun now when the world needs you.
The truth is that, there is definitely no time to waste. It does not matter if you are a teenager or you are twenty one, you can still make an impact on your generation, you can still innovate or invent that problem solving technological device, you can still establish that foundation that will help cater for a particular session of the people, you can still pay up the financial debts of your country, you can still help solve that problem that is making people to have sleepless nights, you can still start something now because you never can tell when your own trumpet will sound. Stop procrastinating about what you intend to do, stop postponing actions that you can take now simply because you think that there is still time, stop counting your life according to the 24hours per day time frame, because your life might not complete the 24hours time frame (it's not my prayer for us not to grow old, but that's just life). I work like a workaholic, infact, i am not a fan of the "one thing at a time" principle because i have a lot of ideas on my sleeve and i don't want to leave this world without accomplishing all of of them. I want to die empty (empty of all my potentials) notwithstanding the age or time.
If the world does not miss you when you die then you were of no importance to it. Let the world miss you no matter how old you are, let your community miss you for impacting their lives and environment phyically, let your family and loved ones find it difficult to fill up the vacuum in their lives as a result of your absence, let your nation have a taste of what you are made of no matter your age because there is definitely no time to waste. Life is about impact, you were not just created to occupy space on the earth, there is a reason for your existence. Discover it, no matter your age because there is No Time.
Be social, help share these words of Motivation
John Uwangue is arguably Africa's fastest rising and highly sought after Motivational speaker, author, blogger and Entrepreneur. He is the Founder/host of Entrepreneurs Factory® Radio Broadcast that airs in six states in Nigeria and more states still coming.
For Speaking engagements/enquiries please call +234 -70-11103445
SUCCEED YOU MUST
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