A lot of us in Nigeria have what we call an enemy mentality. We have our heads and hearts filled with suggestions that people do not want us to succeed, that there are dark forces against us. It’s a pervasive thought at work, in schools and families.
I recall when I stopped being serious with my academics… ( I can’t recall ever being serious anyway) but I was playing and skipping lectures, and consequently I failed. As I ought to. Law of sowing and reaping.
Coming from a polygamous home and being a first child, the suggestion was my stepmoms were responsible. I found that comical and laughable. I wondered where those stepmoms were when I was getting scholarships and blasting exams. Why did they wait until I was unserious?
Anyway, I told myself I couldn’t afford to fail and disappoint myself and siblings. Then I sat up and applied myself to study. I turned it around. I did not need to fast or go spiritual. I just called myself to a meeting.
Certainly in life there are people that don’t like us and never will, as there are those that we do not like as well. But ask yourself, how many names have you taken to a juju man? If Juju men were as powerful as projected, why do they not save their own families? Or destroy bad leaders?
People do not have to wish you well for you to succeed in life. They can curse you. What drives success is your desire for yourself and your behavior. I don’t discount goodwill in life.
Focus more on you and what you can do. Cultivate the spirit of excellence. It will take you much farther than your enemies can hold you down. Change your thoughts to that of liberation.
As a man thinketh….
Ademola Adigun
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