Growing up i remember the kind of lives my parents had to live to make sure we are well off and most time they faces insults at work just to put a meal on our table, i remember all the petty and menial jobs my mum use to do then to add to the family all of which is somehow affecting her heath bit by bit...
I remember how my dad starting his career as a driver and mum an hairdresser just to provide a square meal, even at that age i and my siblings knew what our parent did for our survival and with all the trials and temptation, they faced all with their integrity and morals intact...
They never compromised their morals for wealth and now that we are all grown up, we are striving to make them live and enjoy life free of stress and worries...
Thanks to @hive-learners for this beautiful topic that made me think about my true motivation to be someone outstanding and great in life....
Thinking deep about my life, i realized that there are two things that stands as my motivation to be successful, those two things are:
- MY PARENTS...
- POVERTY....
This two things have been driving me hard to work hard and not relent, even when it was getting hard for me, these two things stood firm to remind me that I HAVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.....
I have a lot of friends who find their motivation from the oppression they are getting from their fellow friends and they ended up doing something dishonest at the end, all this happened because their motivation comes from the wrong will and purpose...
How these two things ended up becoming my MOTIVATION after so much thought is what i will summarize in the paragraphs below, stay tuned and active for the paragraphs to come...
Thinking about how my parents lived their life serving others and still getting insults from them breaks my heart every time i think about it, some of them are old enough to be my parents younger siblings...
Hearing them hurl insult to my parents breaks me totally and it is all because fortune smiled on them or because they are born with silver spoons in their mouth...
No child will be happy to see his or her parent getting insulted at by anyone not to talk of someone that is old enough to be their child, it breaks me up when i think so hard about what they had to go through to make us who we are today..
My parents had to endure all this for almost 10 years just to provide for us and since the day i have come to know and learn good from bad, i have only one goal...
The goal is too end my parents suffering and worries by becoming successful in the future and then they can enjoy the fruit of their labour while sitting down and enjoying the goodies of their HARDWORK in their comfort zone...
This is the reason why they are my motivation, because I want to make them enjoy life in peace of mind, I want to ease them of worries and unhappiness of not being able to provide for us..I want to help them help others as their INHERITANCE...
Poverty is a disease that needs to be eradicated and it can only be done when there is prayers mixed with hardwork..
I have lived a life that I won't want my children to live in the future, I don't want them to experience what I have gone through in the past....
I remember when I was a kid and going to school, I had only just #30 naira😔 as feeding allowances with anyhow food to take to school, at times it could be swallow or rice with unimaginable stew just too survive the day...
What poverty has shown me, I won't want it to show my children and their generations to come, I thank God for where I am now, I am aboto provide for myself in one way or the other, I can support my parents with the little I have and now my mother don't have to work since we are all supporting her...
There are times when our meal time table is 1-0-0, 0-0-1, 0-1-0 all because we aren't well off.. There are time when we get to eat once a day and we still have to sweat before getting that one meal, several debts made just to survive and I thank GOD it is all over....
This kind of life isn't what I want my children to live in the future and that is why I have to be SUCCESSFUL if I want to achieve that goal...
In summary, life will be full of obstacles, trials and tribulations but the will to survive and succeed should never die and keep going... Let God lead an direct your path and all will be well...
In conclusion, These two things motivates me to be successful and they will always be my strength and pillar to which I will hold to survive this hurdles of life with a bold face and last last TESTIMONY will be the result....