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 in 1945.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.
By
Olutayo Olumadewa
Director
of Programmes
Do
The Dream Youth Development Initiative
0803
951 3286
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