Must Read: Wake Up To Reality By Osijo Busayo

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WAKE UP TO REALITY!


‘’ To thine own self be true,” says Polonius in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Growing up and gaining wisdom through self awareness, I’d always made peace with the fact that everything in life has two sides to it.


Day to Night. Darkness to Light. Trial to Triumph. Pain to Gain. Sowing to Reaping. Planting to Harvesting And so on…


We all want stuffs in life. We have dreams and desires. Wishes and aspirations. Though, everything you want in life is available, but you must be ready to pay the price. To think that you can make an omelette without breaking eggs is sheer fantasy! Wake up my dear friend! Stop looking for greatness in cheap places!


I’m sure you have heard this 16th century nursery rhythme before now that “If wishes were horses beggars might ride.” If wishing could make things happen, then even the most destitute people would have everything they wanted. Don’t be fooled brother! Don’t sister! Everything that is of value, significant thing in particular, has its price.


There is a force that wants you to realize your destiny; it whets your appetite with a taste of success. However, it must be crystal clear to you that there is a price to pay for that success. We all have the potential to achieve everything we want in life.


Howbeit, most of us want the reward without the risk. The shine without the grind. The prize without the participation. We want the promotion without the examination. The mastery without the practice. The sweet without the sweat. The gain without the pain. The love without the commitment. The fame without the fight. The destination without the journey. The arrival without the departure. The heights without the lows. The leadership without the servanthood. The placement without the process. The winning without the losses. The settlement without the sacrifice.


But, the hard truth is “If you want the benefits of something in life, you have to also want the costs.” Without adequate effort, we cannot get any tangible result in life. Even in Freetown in Sierraleone there is no free lunch, I was told.  No prey can enter the mouth of a sleeping lion. So wake up to reality and be true to thine own self my dear friend!

So, instead of thinking about what you want right now, first ask yourself:

“What am I willing to give up to get it?” Or, for those inevitably hard days ahead: “What is worth suffering for?” Seriously, think about it...

If you want the successful business, you have to also want the late nights, the risky business deals and decisions, and the possibility of failing many times to learn what you need to know to succeed. If you find yourself wanting something day in and day out, year after year, yet nothing ever happens and you never come any closer to it, then maybe what you actually want is just a fantasy, or a false promise. Or perhaps you are daydreaming. The choice is yours oh my beloved!


Until you think differently and change the course of your actions, you’ll always recycle your experiences. God has prepared a path for everyone to follow and in order to find the treasure you seek in life, you will have to be ready to pay the parallel PRICE! Remember, nothing goes for nothing! Even the word ‘nothing’ represents that there is NO THING! So, wake up!


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Your friend,

Osijo Busayo Bridget