YES YOU CAN!

               There was once a ten year old boy who was learning how to ride a bicycle. His father had bought him one and he practised riding on it every evening after he came back from school. After many tries and still the poor boy was unable to balance himself on the bicycle and had to be helped by his father when he was about falling, he got discouraged.

            “Dad, I can’t do it.” He murmured one evening after almost falling off the fourth time.

            “Come on don’t say that.”

            “But that’s the truth, I can’t. Uncle Bill told me I’ll never be able to ride a bicycle”

            “That’s a big lie Uncle Bill told you. You can ride a bicycle and you’ll ride one. So, one more try.” His father said, helping him to climb the bicycle again.

           And then the boy tried the fifth time and surprisingly, he balanced himself on the bicycle and rode a long distance. His father smiled as he saw him riding down the lane and went back into the house. When the little boy returned home later in the evening, he met his Dad at home and he shouted “Dad I did it!”

           “Yes you did it because you could do it- and you still can. Don’t let anybody, not even Uncle Bill tell you that you can’t, OK?”

          The boy nodded and from then on, his slogan became “YES! I CAN”. He made a sticker of these words and decorated his bicycle with it.

MORAL: Well let’s see what we can learn from the ten year old boy’s story. Many things but the most important thing is this: always believe in yourself. Never let anyone convince you that you can’t do something. Always say to yourself “Yes I can” and before you know it, you will see that you truly can. You can also make a sticker like the little boy in our story with the words: YES I CAN!

         

PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE

 "The fall of a man is not his end"

            Imagine you are walking along a path and you fall, what happens? You feel pain-yes. What next? You cry-and then what? Whatever it is, the fact is that you will get up again. You won't because of the pain you've felt remain rooted to the ground. It can't happen. Even toddlers learning to walk, when they fall, they get up again. That tells us something about life: when we do something and we fail we shouldn't be afraid to try again. Because you've failed once doesn't mean you'll fail forever.

            While I was in school, an online ICT course was organized for me and my mates by our ICT  center for free. Many of us registered for the course at the initial stage. As time went on, our number began to drop. There were so many challenges associated with the course that most of my colleagues could not deal with. Most times when we went to the ICT center to take the online courses, we were told to come back later. Most of the times we were allowed in, there was no available Internet connection, sometimes the computers would misbehave. These and many others discouraged most of my colleagues and they stopped coming to the ICT centre.

            However, I kept trying. I was turned down most of the time and sometimes I was sent away or forced to leave by the condition of the network. But still, I didn't give up. I sacrificed so many things to achieve my goal ( To finish the course and get my certificate). I can still remember a day I went and waited for almost 5 hours before I could access the 'net'. Still, I continued and at the end, I achieved my aim.

            Readers, this should be our attitude to challenges. Patience and Perseverance are the keys. No matter the condition, the situation and the challenges, don't give up. Remember, nothing lasts forever.

SAY NO TO PORN

Pornography of every kind has been a great 'disease' among youths nowadays. It is a great 'disease' that has eaten deep into youths and is leading most to their end.
In this post I won't dwell or explain forms of ponography, I will just highlight reasons why you as an individual reading this post should stand up and say "NO" to this Pornography of a thing:
1. IT WASTE A PERSON'S TIME: as it is said "time is life", pornography is an enemy of time, time you could use as a youth to do tangible things is wasted on watching porn which has no benefit for you.
2. IT REDUCES YOUR IQ AND MAKES YOU DULL ACADEMICALLY: a research which I came across confirmed that the same part of the brain which manages learning also manages any sexual activity. So you see that when you put rubbish(porn) in this part of the brain you're making yourself a dullard.
3. IT LEADS TO PREMATURE SEX AND OTHER IMMORAL SEXUAL ACT: an individual who watches pornography has a high tendency of engaging in early sex and other immoral acts like rape, masturbation, homosexualism e.t.c because they'll want to practice it.
Dear reader, with this few points and others which space and time won't allow me to share, you'll see a reason why you have to stand against this 'disease' and save the upcoming generation... Share this with a friend and SAY NO TO PORNOGRAPHY... THANK YOU.