Life Lessons: 7 –Create a wall of greatness

This is the Lesson number 7 out of my 100 .Click here to read lesson number 6

I had the opportunity to attend the yearlong British Council’s InterAction Africa Leadership programme in 2007. The highlight of the programme was the contact seminar held in Senegal with participants from over ten countries across Africa and the UK. Each participant came with pictures of what made them proud of their country.

The pictures were posted on one side of the wall and it was an amazing sight to behold that massive wall displaying things that made up proud of Africa. It was so different from the poor, war dominated and AIDS stricken Africa that is usually portrayed by the media.

As I stood there and watched that “Wall of Greatness” I felt proud to be an Africa, in a manner I had never felt before. I saw Africa in a different light, I saw a beautiful Africa, an Africa full of hundreds of things to be proud of. As the tears rolled down my cheeks I felt the power in the “Wall of Greatness”.

Returning home I started creating my own wall of greatness, I went back into time and wrote up some of the significant things that happened in my life that I was proud of, great ones like when I gained a government scholarship for being one of the best students in my school and seemingly smaller and trivial ones such as the day I was finally able to wear a coloured shocks that matched my trousers instead of my regular and beloved white shocks. These were achievements that required me to go beyond myself, to achieve something I never felt I could.

Every time I face a new challenge in life or fear of failure, I turn to my personal “Wall of Greatness” and take in the feeling of pride I felt at those moments. The resulting surge of pride elevates my self-esteem and confidence to go on and face my latest challenge believing in myself that I am the master of my destiny and I am stronger beyond my measure, that I have done it before and I can do it again!

So go on, create your own “Wall of Greatness” and use it to make your past inspire you in the present so that you can, with confidence achieve what you wish for in the future. Do you have any experience similar to this? Share it below.

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