Born Naked But Not Empty

Long time ago in the animal kingdom, there lived the tiger and the rat among others. The tiger was fond of making jest of the rat; telling him that he would never be able to shake the metal bridge which spans across the kingdom. This humiliation went on as the day goes by. One day, the rat got fed up and decided to prove the tiger wrong. He put up a challenge with the tiger that he the rat was going to shake the bridge in the presence of others including the king; lion. For some hours, the rat stood till by the bridge and never moved. Everyone wondered why he did that, but alas, comes the elephant walking towards the bridge and immediately, the rat walked along; taking steps with the elephant. And as both walked on the bridge, the bridge was shaking, in fact, rocking. Then the rat looked at the elephant into his eyes and with a smile he said; ‘oh man, we are shaking the bridge!’ We are like the rat and our creator is like the elephant. There are certain things we can’t do unless we w

1. Plan Purposely: You might at first find it very difficult to agree with me on this, but the fact is; ‘we all plan’ yeah, we all do even those who failed only planned to fail (I mean they only had plans that could not cause them to succeed but to fail). Believe me, “when the purpose of a journey is not well defined, then disaster becomes an inevitable destination.” Therefore, the first step necessary to champion a cause and achieve greatness is not to plan but to plan purposely. Be deliberate on what you really want in life, be purposeful when you plan (plan with the end; the Big Picture in mind). Then move on to the next step. 2. Prepare Prayerfully: There comes a time in everyone’s life when we turn to our creator for help. This is the moment in our lives when divinity meets humanity and the result is usually ‘Oh So Sweet!' 3. Proceed Positively: To attain greatness and champion a cause, you need to get rid of the word ‘impossibility.’ Always believe that failure is just th