Great societies are built on the values and ideologies put forward and implemented by intelligent minds. It is thinking minds that can properly deploy the human and material resources of any society to achieve worthy goals.
The great pyramids of Egypt are not just products of mere muscular men who piled up bricks upon bricks. Behind every brick that was used in the construction of the pyramids were great minds directing, not just the laying of the bricks but also the energy of the men doing that aspect of the work.
We need to understand the fact that the quality of our lives is directly proportional to the quality of our thinking, just as businesses, organizations and nations are advanced by high quality thinking, we as individuals will also experience change and progress once we begin to improve the quality of our thinking.
The United States of America today enjoys some privileges that were made possible by their founding fathers. One of such great Americans was Benjamin Franklin, His educational background was dim but he still remained one of the brightest minds to walk on the soil of America. His ideas did not only bring him progress as an individual, it also brought progress to his nation.
Life itself might portray some aroma of harshness in our challenges, trails, setbacks and still waters…but in all what stands is your positive perspective towards reality, seeing light even at the end of a dark tunnel and not giving up on you.
As a Nation, Nigeria is at another milestone in its national history. This time, the clamor is not for an independent Nigeria. It is for the birth of a new Nigeria: one that is established on proper values and respect for the rule of law. This of course equates to a change in our thinking as individuals and collectively as a nation.
If no one ever encouraged you, encourage yourself. The truth is this ‘IF YOU CAN THINK IT, YOU CAN DO IT’. So in all, dare to try, dare to stand tall, dare never to give up, dare to think positively and dare to do the impossible.
