The mind of a child is like a Tabula Rasa, pure and blank. What is a Tabula Rasa? It is a Latin phrase that literally translates to a clean slate. It depicts that the mind of man is originally blank until his thoughts begin to shape his ideas and beliefs to form his personality traits.
If you are comfortable in your dysfunction, nothing will ever change. The most magnificent edifice was once a sketch on paper, remember? If you don’t start, you cannot finish but you have to, first, be aware. Change requires awareness.
If you have the gift of access, you have a big weapon in your hand. Use it wisely. You may combine wealth with riches, but if you have to spend money to buy everything you need in life, then you are not as rich as you think. Bob Marley said some people are so poor all they have is money.
If everything is fine, I bet there would be existential threat to human survival. Let me explain. If there is no problem to solve, then all of us would have nothing to do. Why then do we pretend as if the world would be a better place if everything is what it should be?
Many dreams die in incubation because of the fear of how to start. Planning is good but over planning drains the energy for execution. Some start but seek perfection as suggested by the projected outcome that they lose the zeal to pull it through when other things don't prove to be equal as planned. Don't ever underestimate the impact of your little efforts. Just do it.
If you have ever carried out an instruction coated with ambiguity when there is a deadline to meet, you would appreciate the importance of clarity in communication. You may think you have communicated when the key words for follow up action are kept within you and you wonder what went wrong when the deadline is missed or when what you ordered is different from what you got.
Pain ultimately produces something but not all pains produce harmful results. Some pains birth anger or bitterness but some pains also birth purpose. The pain of childbirth is one of such. The cry of a new born wipes away the pains of childbirth, even when the mother is still healing from bruises. Good things don’t come easy. The greatest achievement has a story, beneath it is a pain tied with purpose.
Let's not even talk about the invention of aeroplane, the first time I drove a car with an automatic transmission, I imagined what manual car drivers have to suffer. Then I remembered how our forebears walked several miles on bare legs to commute from one place to the other. That is what civilisation does.
The society has predetermined standards for assessing people even without regard to individual differences or prevailing circumstances. If someone tells you a person is nice, please be generous with praises for the person. It sounds easy but it is not easy to be nice. You can reserve further questions till later but ask questions as to the qualities deserving the compliments so you can also learn.
With the benefit of hindsight, if I knew what I know now, I figure that there were things I said no to in the past that should have been a yes. Likewise, there were times I accepted what I should have rejected if only I had the privilege of a second thought. Tarry before you judge me. This is so that you can have an open mind to process my message.
Akin is an inspirational writer and author. He has published three books. He is a teacher and trainer. Through his daily teachings, he has helped a lot of people discover their potential.