IT'S NOT LOCKED!

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." - Michael Jordan 

Not Locked

If you have ever searched for something you already had, you'll understand how frustrating it can be. This can happen, when we expect the object of our search to be far. You're in hurry, and you begin the search for your car key, but can't find it, then you realize you'd been holding it all the time. Or, you're searching for your glasses and are unable to find it, until you realize you've had them on, all along.

On one of his European tours, the master magician and locksmith Harry Houdini found himself locked in by his own thinking. After he had been searched and manacled in a Scottish town jail, the old turnkey shut him in a cell and walked away. Houdini quickly freed himself from his shackles and then tackled the cell lock. But despite all his efforts, the lock wouldn't open.

THINK YOURSELF A FAILURE? V

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas A. Edison.

Here's a little rundown, of people you must have heard of. Albert Einstein did not speak until he was four and did not read until he was seven. Isaac Newton never did well in school. Thomas Edison's teachers told him he was "too stupid to learn anything."

Walt Disney, business man and founder of the, Walt Disney Company, which today, rakes in billions from merchandise, movies and theme parks around the world. You must have seen that Walt Disney, himself had a bit of a rough start. He was fired by a newspaper editor because, "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." After that, Disney started a number of businesses that didn't last long, and ended with bankruptcy and failure. He kept pressing on, however, and eventually found a recipe for success that worked. I'm sure, Disney isn't a hard name to remember if you've ever seen a movie.

FAILING FORWARD

"Whatever you do in life, never disappoint yourself" - Alex Enakhifo

Everyone desires to "pass" as it were every test. In school when every student is given an assignment or homework, it's the expectation of everyone; parents and even the student himself that he passes it. So, frantically or meticulously every student goes into either a frenzy or concentration mood to try to unravel the mysteries behind such assignments. All in a bid to, "PASS" the test.

It's very elating to go through your assignments and see "red check marks" signifying "good" in examination sheets, and very depressing having an "X", however the number of "Xs" determines how happy a student will be or not. It shows how intelligently, how averagely or how poorly a child performs. Well, that's in the formal educational system. What about the "educational system of life"? I bet you things, happen differently, and passing or failing is recorded differently.

Years ago, I had a discussion with my uncle, in the end I said, "I won't disappoint you sir", to which paused, and replied. "No, son, not me. Don't disappoint yourself" he continued. "You see, everyone is so quick to expect every other person to be this or that, and rarely don't bother about what the individual in question really wants to be. That's why most parents would force their children to study courses, or get married to someone against the child's wish resulting in frustrated adults and destinies today. Son, you have your own dream, you can disappoint me, but never disappoint yourself." He added, "I will live my life, and you'll live yours, don't please anyone and displease yourself"