MAKE A MOVE 1. It happened some time ago. I was in
an audience listening to a motivational
speaker. The speaker got out his wallet &
pulled out a 500 Naira note. Holding it
up, he asked, “Who wants this 500 naira
note?” Lots of hands went up. Including mine. A slow chorus began to build as
people began to shout “Me!” “Me!” I
began to wonder who the lucky one
would be who the speaker would choose.
And I also secretly wondered (and I am
sure others did too) why he would simply give away 500 naira. Even as the shouts of “I want it” grew
louder, I noticed a young woman running
down the aisle. She ran upon to the
stage, went up to the speaker, and
grabbed the five 500 naira note from his
hand. “Well done, young lady,” said the speaker into the microphone. The speaker simply say “Most of us just
sit and wait for good things to happen.
That’s of no use. You’ve got to make
things happen. Make a move” ‘Simply
thinking about doing something is of no
use and not good enough’. Our lives are like that. We all see opportunities around
us. We all want the good things. But the
problem is we don’t take action. We all
want the 500 naira notes on offer. But we
don’t make the move. We look at it
longingly. Get up, and do something about it. Don’t worry about what other
people might think. TAKE ACTION 2. Later, the speaker got another 500
naira note and held it up for all to see, I
thought I knew what’s up. But he just
asked a simple question. “How much is
this worth?” “Five Hundred naira!” the
crowd yelled in unison. “Right,” said the speaker. He then took the note and
crumpled it into a ball and asked “How
much is it worth now?” “Five Hundred naira!” screamed the
audience. He then threw the note on the
ground, stamped all over it and picked up
the note and asked one more time: “And
how much is it worth now?” “Five
Hundred naira!” was the response. “I want you to remember this,” said the
speaker. “Just because someone
crumples it, or stamps on it, the value of
the note does not diminish. We should all
be like the 500 naira note.. In our lives,
there will be times when we feel crushed, stamped over, beaten. But never let your
self-worth diminish. Just because
someone chooses to crush you — that
doesn’t change your worth one bit! Don’t allow your self-worth to diminish
because someone says something nasty
or does something dirty to you.” Never let
your self-worth diminish. Culled from Nairaland.
