Lessons from My Birthday (Part 2)
Breaking of
record is a popular word in our mouth but it is vast in meaning. There are many
ways to achieving this grate task. They are:
- PRAYER:
This is the master key that opens every closed doors of good things, adapt to it, make it your hubby, make it your friend and you will never fail. It is through prayer that you
set out plans together with God.
- HARD WORKING:
Always keep your hands busy with something positive. Struggle to cross over and possess what belongs to you. It is never an easy tax that was why your fathers could not reach there.
- BELIEVE IN YOURSELF:
You will remain in your failure if you are still accommodating the spirit of doubt in your life. Never you accept a weakness in your life. Wherever you discover it, take it as a training step. Just see it as an area where you need to perfect the more by increasing your effort in it. So let it never discourage you even for once, unlike some that will discover theirs and it kills their moral immediately.
- DREAM BIG:
If you ever wants to go beyond the limit and breaking record, then you need not to have equal dream with other people. Your dream determines the extent you will go in life only if you can walk towards it. The bigger you dream, the higher you go in life. If you see anybody with big dream, he has this ringing in him “I will never stop where others stopped, “ I will never stop where my parents stopped, “I will never end the way my friend ended”.
It is a ringing tone in the heart of every big dreamer.
- PERSISTENCE:
Persistence in the other hand means never giving up. That the road that leads to success is a very high way and very rough in nature, doesn’t mean that people will not embark on the journey of success at all, it’s not a journey of starting today and finishing today.
In this case, it requires perseverance in other to climb to the top. A proverb has it that “The patient dog eats’ the fastest bone” therefore no matter what you are passing through in your life, don’t give up for giving up is not the solution; instead it will take you back to square one and you will start your world afresh.
AREAS WHERE ONE CAN BREAK A RECORD.
· Personal life
· Family life
· Academic field
· In the church /ministry
· In a community, state etc.
· Other areas of life such as Business Area, Working places, in the field of acting and music
industry etc.
PERSONAL LIFE: There are some things that seems impossible in your life, especially
when you made FEAR your best friend. It leads to inferiority complex. If the spirit of fear
and doubt told you that you cannot cross that bridge, insist and take action immediately to
prove them wrong. Avoid low self esteem, take action now for action delayed is devil domain
and devil domain is destiny destroy” (John mason)
That is why you see some students that are not brilliant initially becomes the most brilliant in
their class latter. Especially when they took it as challenge upon themselves. You can break
record in different areas of your life. For instance, those into skill, you have been working
with already-made styles and design, why not come up with at least one new from your
initiative that will even make your work more unique than others. And this may attract more
customers to you.
Breaking a record in some one’s life also involved discovering your talent, locating that
hidden treasure in you. Nothing moves one easily like talent, Talent can pick one from pit to
palace. Most of the celebrities today are the people that discovered their talents in different
fields and today they are being celebrated in different parts of the world.
v FAMILY LIFE: One can also break a record in the family where things is not working in
order. The parents could not achieve enough for the children and the children has to take over
from their parents. In such family, it takes extra grace to make it great. It is very important to
be mindful of your living. Being self conscious will actually help you to realize fault in your
family. If you were in such a family described above, please don’t end-up like others. You
are the right person to break the record and, you have the ability to do that. I will show you
the way in the next chapter.
v IN ACADEMIC FIELD:
To you, in your department or even in your school, when you see your fellow students having
A(s) or seeing those who graduates with first class, you may say that God loves them
separately. Look I am writing this book not for anyone to remain the same after reading it,
rather for lives to be transformed positively. I must tell you that one of the secrete of success
in this life which I have been applying and it has been helping me is DETERMINATION
(Determination is a sure way to success) But the issue here is not just to be determined, but
following it step by step and you have what you want.
“Try it and testify” You will never fail if only you follow it accordingly. What do I mean?
You may be saying that you are not intelligent enough but life activities doesn’t allow you to
have enough time to study; tell me how you will break a record in your school, bear it in
mind that breaking a record in school attracts blessings. Someone can be offered scholarship
just because he goes extra mile in making it in class. If you wants to make it and be
successful academically, some other activities such as party, clubbing, football, watching
movies frequently, sleeping always, visiting bear parlors and other unnecessary outings have
to curtailed. Can you tell me a student who wants to become the best in class joining all these
with his study? It can’t walkout. Study yourself very well and know the best time for you to
study, the time you understands better, then make that moment your best time and never joke
with it. Make a timetable and try to keep it. You can only prove yourself when you study.
Some people love reading at midnight when everywhere is calm, but you know the best time
that suits you. Try it and have your best result. It’s a formula.
IN THE CHURCH: I know some people may ask “do we still break record in the church”?
Of course church is involved, infact that of church is a big challenge especially for the
shepherds. Most priest and pastors posted to a particular church will like to make out
something in that church before being transferred to another church, and they will be
searching for mostly what previous priest could not achieve, I mean the area he did not work
too well during his own time. Many of them will like to establish new things in any church
they are posted to, but coming the issue of going beyond the normal state in the church, it is
not only meant for the Priest and Pastors alone as long as Christianity is concerned. You as an
individual have to serve your God with your time, your energy, your money infact with your
everything. You can as well break a record in one area or the other thereby making the church
to move forward.
In my home town, A priest was sent at the Catholic Church by name Rev. Fr. Cornelius
Nebuwa Obe. He came and development started immediately both in the church and in the
community. He started by establishing training centre called Entrepreneurship Training
Centre Uhunowerre. This is a place where one can come and learn any skill of his or her
choice, such as Tailoring, knitting, computer, electrical work, Barbing, Carpentry, Catering
Service, great dancers theatre and act. Bead making, decoration and paint production. In the
same compound, he established Secondary School. Along the line he elevated the training
centre to an Institution. From Entrepreneurship Training Centre to Mario Institution of
Hospitality Management and Entrepreneurship Education.
The school is located at Uhunoweme Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area, Enugu State
Nigeria by Rev. Fr. Cornelius Nebuwa Obe.
So many people from different states of this country are attending the school. Infact I am a
product of the school. Also people from different countries visit the school every year and
awarding some students scholarship.
By this year’s December (2020), the school will be having her 9th convocation. This
particular school produces quality men and women every year in the field of Hospitality
Management! Cosmetology and Beauty therapy!! Networking and system security!!!
From this, you will discover that a record was really broken not even in that church alone but
in the whole community. It has now made the community and the local government to be
recognized unlike before.
Also, under breaking a record in the church. I still have another instance, there is this brother
by name Chekwube Miracle who was appointed as the youth leader in the church (Zion City)
he went extra mile by organizing the youths of the church to the extent that they made it
compulsory that every first Friday of the month they will be having vigil, along the line as
they maintained the programme and things very powerful began to happen and miracles takes
place every day of that programme and youth prgramm turned to general program where
every members of the church worships every first Friday of the month both the fathers,
mothers with the children, even those that are not their church members do attend the
programme due to the greatness of the program all because the leader took it upon himself
together with his followers and from this you will see that a record was broken.
IN COMMUNITY/STATE: One can go beyond normal state in his or her community by
developing the community, thereby providing the needed social amenities or blessing his
community with palliative either from government or from his personal account.
The most important record is that you achieved what others could not achieve for your
community.
In our neighboring community, there was a man that built a very big church building
furnished with marbles and ties together with parish house and also another big building for
Rev. Sis. And her school children. He also provide them with bore-hole (pipe borne water) in
different parts of that village. He became a Hero in that village that people cannot describe or
talk of that community without mentioning his name because he did a lot for them, he went
beyond the normal state. He also gave connections to many youths of that land, if you see
their community it looks like small London because those he helped are already making it big
and are also connecting others and that is what we are talking about.
If this particular man should be having or celebrating birthday, it is possible that he will not
be the person to planned and spend for it because he has broken a limit in his community.
Apart from the members of the community who has a good heart towards the development of
his land.
His Royal Highness or the chancellor of that community can as well take his community far
by first of all, organizing the members of his community. There are communities that their
youths are not organized at all where as there are some that their youths will try and organize
themselves.
Secondly, they should establish the needed amenities in the land. Thirdly they should be
helping the less privileged persons, not just sending their children to abroad and having
rusting and decaying money in the bank. Where as in your community there are still people
living in mud houses and thatch houses. Even if you cannot help them with your own money
you can recommend them to government as their representative you are. And remember that
government is still for the people no matter what, afterall they were the people that elected
you in that seat. Likewise those in authorities in different states and countries, you also have
the privilege to take your state to a higher level but sometimes selfishness will not allow
them. “Because that the former Hon. did not do this, I too is not going to do much”. Mind
you that apart from the praise from the members of your community, state or country.
On the last day its only from your work, according to the seat you occupied that you will be
remembered in heaven because God is the one that gave you the MANTLE!
OTHER AREAS OF LIFE
1. In your place of work.
There are different kinds of work, mine might not be yours. But the major thing is for you to
understand where we are going irrespective of your work type.
If you are into skill very fine but bear it in mind that you can still go extra mile in any field,
just apply the steps we have shown and never remain the same every year, rather let there be
improvement. Let it be in your memory that on your birthday that you suppose to give
account of your achievement to know whether you are moving forward or backward.
Then if you are in office work, very good! But the following should be your watch ward.
v Do your best in the office
v Try to get best result
v Be calculative enough
v Don’t joke with your working hours
v Know your best time for fun.
v Respect your boss always, remain obedient and loyal to him/her
v Be humble: for the proud shall humble but the humble shall be honored (The word of God)
v Be punctual to your work
v Suspend whatever that may lead you to suspension
v Avoid every distraction from all angle
v Finally, always seek for the best result by working harder and by so doing you will surely
break a record.
2. In the field of acting, kudos! (actors and actresses)
v But still maintain the feature and unquiness of yourself
v Do not slow down, for many are at your back to overtake you! Remember over take is
allowed but I urge you not to allow them in your life.
v Don’t allow ego to eat you up
v Always accept corrections whenever you are corrected, you can equally give your coach or
your mentor assignment on the following.
i. To watch over you
ii. To identify your mistakes and
iii. To correct you with the right thing to do.
v Be yourself! Because trying to act like another person may fail you and even take you back
to square one
v Stop doing something because you see others doing it, rather do the ones you trust yourself
that you have the ability.
3. Finally, those in the music industry: Bravo! But never admire that evil spirit called
“PRIDE” that roars like a lion around every musicians especially if you are a starter ”Pride
came before a fall” like the actors and actresses, sing the best of your ability, don’t try to
imitate for imitation is limitation, for the same people that hail you will still be the same to
laugh at you and sell you free of charge online.
Be careful, in any field you are what we are talking of is breaking a record and achieving
greatness in life in other to be celebrated!