What man became great without encountering any obstacles on their way. The famous Martin Luther King Jnr faced obstacles. King faced many obstacles while on his mission for equality. He was arrested over twenty times for protesting. He was the object of several violent attacks, both to his person and his property. He received threatening phone calls, his home was bombed and set afire, and he was even stabbed. While Albert Einstein was trying to convince physicists that light could bend, he arrived at a point where he faced several challenges as people thought he was going crazy. He had to divorce his wife, and lose his children. He was also alone in his theoretical work, but only he remained convinced that his work was right. When you look deeply into the life of any great man/woman you see, it's made up of various challenges which they overcame and turned into an opportunity. Our definition of a situation as an obstacle or an opportunity depends on how we choose to per
The days you have is so special that you have to cherish and appreciate it. One of the things we tend to do is to live a type of life where we disregard most of the indispensable gifts we have. The air we breath, the support system we have, the people around us, the birds in the air, the life we have and what we have achieved among other minute details of the life we live. We tend to remember always what we are yet to achieve and levels we are yet to attain. This is not the right way to live. For any of the things you have, be appreciative of it and be grateful to God for everything. Make everyday of your life count. God made us all for a purpose which He intends that we'll accomplish in our lifetime. As we walk and work hand in hand with Him, He directs us like a shepherd leads His sheep ( Ps. 23) . I like to say that God is our sponsor (a person who guides you on what to do but doesn't stop there, He works with you till your purpose is achieved). So for whatever