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Our lives as humans generally functions in a steadily, slow and continuous manner, the unending need to repeat a particular process till it yields a result that is quite different is how we become doctors, philosophers, lawyers, scientists, professors or mathematicians.
This means to say that consistency isn't just a word of motivation like many would deem it to be, it's a systematic definition of repetitive courses of actions that can explain the evolutionary growth and development of humans in general. The early man continuously ate fruits before he discovered that as a result of the constant throwing away of the seeds, he learned that he could actually plant these trees on purpose and have them grow into trees.
When you look at the first paragraph, you'll see words like constant, continuous steadily all these are synonymous with consistency, in fact they're words that denotes the actions with values like patience and perseverance. Another allusion for example is Thomas Edison, who himself is a living proof of consistency... Well, not "living" literally.
In his course of inventing the light bulb, he was famously quoted "to have tried 99 times but achieved success in the 100th attempt". So when you look at the evolution of man, there's a constant show of consistency which has generally led to how we have come here. This means that sometimes we often underrate what it means to be consistent. Consistent in itself tests our resolve
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It checks to see how patient we are in the face of failure and how we often need to repeat the things we have failed at in different ways in other to see if we can achieve success. Take a look at the story of Constantinople one of the strongest hold of the Roman capital in 330AD. Mehmed the Conqueror was the famous Turkish general that took Constantinople.
More than four hundred thousand lives were lost for almost two months of constantly ramming into the almost impenetrable walls of Constantinople and this shows character, Constantinople itself was a fortress, it intimidates external forces, but guess what?
Mehmed the Conqueror, turned up for 55 days doing the same thing, over and over again till the wall was breached.
I mean, Constantinople itself was impenetrable but then the key to taking the city was in it name. The word "constant" which was in the name, meant "continuous" and it was ironical that an impenetrable city gives away the key to breaching it in its name: Consistency.
Truth is, consistency is the main reason for evolution. So many attempts have been made by plague like the Black Death, Ebola and Covid-19 to threaten or end the human existence, but how is it that despite the whole death and challenges that these virus and pandemic never brings actually ends the human face?
It's the constant search for a cure, a solution that makes man beat all these odds to eventually stay alive. This means that being consistent is being hopeful; it means having that forbearance to continue even when the glimpse of success is relativity dim. These are a value that has been imbued into us as humans.
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So while we might see consistency as external, something we should cultivate internally, we're actually wrong because it's already a value that's inbuilt within us. Setbacks in our lives are always there. Failure is often predestined in each and every day. It's a challenge that threatens to end us each and everyday we breathe. Life itself is a risk. The ways through which we live past all these are being consistent in looking for answers.
Scientists are the most consistent people, because they're existing each and everyday making diverse efforts in the face of reoccurring failure. Isn't this amazing? Without consistency, we wouldn't evolve as people, hell! We might not even have come this far without resilience and continuity and this is why I feel that most times we often underrate the length we go to "right" a "wrong", despite the latter being almost impossible.
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