1
Arise
compatriots, Nigeria’s Call obey
To serve
our Fatherland,
With Love and Strength and faith,
The
Labour of Our Heroes
past, shall never be in Vain
To serve
with all our
might, One Nation bound in freedom
Peace and
Unity
2
O
God Of creation, Direct Our Noble Cause
Guide our
leader’s right;
Help our youth the truth to know
In love
and honesty to
grow, and living just and truth
Great
lofty height
attains, to build a nation where peace and justice shall reign
The truth
is that our future has been
described in our National anthem. The whole thing is calling us to
become a
servant leader which is the ultimate reason we exist. To be the minister
and
communicate the essence of life which is living a life of purpose.
Benjamin
Disraeli said “nothing can resist the human will that will stake even
its
existence on its stated purpose Man is born to live and not to
prepare to live “Boris Pasternak. Remember the words of Albert Einstein.
“The
true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and
the
sense in which he has attained liberation from the self .Our whole
actions and
desires are bound with the existence of other human beings. We eat food
that
others have grown, wear clothes that others have made; live in houses
that
others have built. The greater part of our knowledge and belief has been
communicated to us by other people through the medium of a language
which
others have created. This tells us that our whole being is dependent on
another
the essence of living is to be the solution to the world. Are you?
What are
you living for? Remember there is no
way you will talk about dreams without vision.
What
is a
dream?
A dream
is the discovery of a set
path. It is what you stand for in order to make the world better than
you met
it. Your dream is your brand. It is your identity.
Webster
Dictionary meaning of a dream is a
sequence of images passing through a sleeping mind.
A vision
is a mental image. Both word
It is discovering and seeing your assignment .The truth is that there is
no way
to talk about dreams without vision because this is the true you
Both
dreams and visions involve the
viewing of images on the screen within ones mind. Sometimes some say it
is the
flow of images when asleep that is a dream and flowing of the images
while
awake is the vision. They both tell you about the future not present and
that
is the reason some define it as the discovery of set path.
A man
woke up one day and saw
Americans trekking. He was annoyed and promises himself to do something
about
it. His response to the need made him to start ford motor company. He
promises
himself that as long as he was living every American citizen must drive a
car. Henry Ford became the pioneer of
automobile industry all because of his dream
of making every American citizen drive a car. What is your dream? Thomas
Edison
discovery of the light bulb is a blessing to the world. Nelson Mandela’s
dream
of freedom instigates his belief to influence the world with his
investment.
What vision do you have for your country/ world?
Two
Important Men
Dr
Edward
Deming :
The man
who saw a need in building
Japan after they surrender to after Hiroshima bombing.He brought Dr
Edward
Deming the renowned quality control expert to help meet the need at the
request
of Japanese union of scientist and Engineers. Deming taught the KAIZEN
PRINCIPLE.
The
belief is a constant never ending
commitment to consistently increase the quality of their business every
single
day. Deming taught that quality was not just meeting a standard, but
rather was
a living, beautiful process of never ending improvement. He said if
Japanese
would live by the principles he taught them, within five years they
would flood
the world with their quality product and within a decade or two become
one of
the world’s dominate economic powers. Many thought Deming’s
proclamations were
crazy .But Japanese took him at his words, and today he is revered as
the
father of Japanese miracle.
Dr
Nelson
Mandela
"At
first, as a student, I wanted
freedom only for myself, the transitory freedoms of being able to stay
out at
night, read what I pleased, and go where I chose. Later as a young in
Johannesburg, I yearned for the basic honorable freedoms of achieving my
potential, of earning my keep, of marrying and having a family - the
freedom
not to be obstructed in a lawful life.But I then slowly saw that not only
was I not free, but my brothers and sisters were not free... that is
when the
hunger for my own freedom became the hunger for the freedom of my
people. It was
this desire for freedom of my
people to live their lives with dignity and self respect that animated
my life,
that transformed a frightened young man into a bold one, that drove a
law
-abiding attorney to become a criminal, that turned a family loving
husband
into a man without home ...I am no more virtuous or self sacrificing
than the
next man, but I found that I could not enjoy the poor and limited
freedoms I
was allowed when I knew my people were not free".
The whole
essence of living is to be
a minister, to be a servant leader. Are you ready to be one?Every great
achievement is first a dream. The real deal is that do you have a set
path for
your life, remember that you are important to the world because you were
made
in the image of God. You are the future economic, political, spiritual
powers.
The end result of service is GREATNESS.
In a
nation where money has been made
the focus of individuals, leading to the neglect of core values, and
which
translates to low gross mental output, it is paramount to know how
important
you are to the world. Your dream is the answer, don’t stop dreaming, and
keep
dreaming. we must keep the dream and live at the realm of the dream.
Finally,
some years ago, there was a
guy who loved soda, so he went into soda business, with a product he
called
3up.It failed. He started again with a soda called 4up.it failed too so
he
decided to name his product 5up and worked just hard to make it work,
but sure
enough, it failed again. He realized that he still love soda, so he
tried again
with a product named 6up.It failed and he gave up completely.Then, few
years
later, someone else came up with a soda product and named it 7up which
became a
huge success. The truth is dreams come trough if you can stay with it.
According
to our National Anthem,
'THE LABORS OF OUR HEROES PAST SHALL NEVER BE IN VAIN'. Nigeria is a
country of
Great men/Women telling us that we are in a country that celebrates
greatness.
With
'GREATNESS' becoming the watchword of
every youth, the machinations that might want to militate against our
dreams
will be destroyed and we will fully embrace the 5Ps which are PATIENT
PEOPLE
PERSEVERES PROMOTIONAL PROCESSES.
Olutayo Olumadewa
Director
of Programmes
Do The
Dream Youth Development Initiative
Source: Do the dream ydi
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