You’ve Failed Already!

…is there any need trying?

You've failed already. There's no need trying harder. What do you think the 'f' in 'life' means? If the very first breathing Homo Sapiens failed his creator, who are you?

Trash those papers. Delete that file. Erase that PDF. Get rid of that directory. Go sleep bro. Staying up all night is affecting your cerebellum. If you continue like this, you'll be so forgetful even before you clock 30.

C'mon darling, you need your peace of mind. See how much wrinkles have eaten your face. You think it'll ever work out? C'mon! There's no such thing as self attained success. Mrs. Alakija was born of a better family than you. Chill! You deserve better. Quit all these "making impact" shit.

There's no way in the world you'll get that shot. You've been shooting dear, for 6 months. Why do you think you'll make the score any sooner? Haven't you been reading biographies and autobiographies? How many has EXACTLY the same background as you? Didn't you see that Bill Gates dad earned better than yours? Didn't you see that Ben Carson's mom was supportive of the part he was taking? Didn't you realise that Steve Jobs had will power and the doggedness? But you're somewhat unsure, you're fairly shy and you're ratherish unprepared. Do you think that Dangote would buy that elevator pitch you've crammed?

It's not worth it.

You could throw it all over

OR

You could give it even greater effort, knowing that in your best capacity, you tried to explore every abilities that was imprinted on you, especially those that have been cobwebbed.

You could rather choose to write your own story, in your language, in your own style, knowing that it is distinct from the others in the Chronicles of greatness.

You could choose to stretch your body beyond it's limits. You could write a new break point for your anatomy and still proliferate past it.

Knowing that failure is inevitable in life, you could go against the odds. You can't life, can you? You live. And the 'v' stands for 'victorious'

𝘓𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴, we'll make it.

— Collins Ezedike-Egwom,
Chapter lead, Lagos.