My journey so far

byemodexbiz

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6 years ago

Growing up in my youth I felt satisfied with my job, and married with five children. I was working as an electoral Officer with our Electoral Body but wrongfully terminated. On this faithful day we were invited to a meeting in our Headquarters. I came to the meeting full of hope for the future. At the end of the meeting I was given a letter terminating my appointment. Initially it did not border me, until when I could not answer my wife’s question ‘what did they say you did?’ It was then it became obvious to me what had happened.

A rage came over me and I began to reason what did I do to warrant the termination of my appointment? No election that I conducted was challenged in any electoral tribunal. I was lost as to what I did that warranted the termination of my appointment. As a result of the wrongful, illegal and unconstitutional termination of my appointment, it was like darkness enveloped me. There were no friends around me anymore, all deserted. No one except my immediate family members cared about me. I needed help, but no one was there to help me. Everything around me was hopeless and I was helpless- like a bird in a cage that cannot eat unless fed by someone.

The saying that when one door closes another door will open is not true for a man who has lost hope. Opportunities may be opening and closing but unless you have a settled mind you can never see it. Is a known fact that once any person loses hope the next option is suicide? Then I had no confidence in myself, I was only fearful. It was excruciatingly painful to me.

In my period of loneliness I found solace with the Internet. I went on browsing the internet without knowing what I was browsing. I was just passionate about the internet. For the mere fact that I was not engaged in any serious job, I used to while away time and reduce loneliness. Through my email account I began to receive get-rich-quick proposals. I thought it was real opportunities for me to bounce back financially. I didn’t know it was polished graves on outside but full of worms inside. The so called internet gurus dealt wickedly with me. In my love for the internet and not willing to give up, in spite of the blows of the scammers, I stumbled into Wealthy Affiliate. In fact, it took me months before I registered. I was only being careful not to fall victim again.

For every man on earth there is the dark moment of each man. Every individual hates this period but it is at this time that we're being refined. I'm now a premium member following and obeying instructions religiously without knowing what many of them mean. For example, when I was congratulated that I’ve indexed by Google I didn’t know what it meant until I was sent this email; “Your content published through SiteContent at Wealthy Affiliate has been found in Google! This means that Google has your page within their index to display within the search results. This is amazing!”

Having learnt obedience through what I had suffered I strongly believe that success is mine. I’ve read the testimonies of success of other WA premium members – “if one can do it all can do it’’. I don’t neglect the days of little beginning. Success comes to anyone who does not despise starting with a baby step. Success being a journey must be adequately prepared for, because its roads are always rough and never smooth. In my low days of helplessness – without directions, I never forgot the fact that success and failures are not final, but what matters most is COURAGE. Courage means to me, moving even when you’re in spite of I joined WA I saw reason to display what I’ve known about courage.

What is helping today as a premium member of wealthy affiliate is courage, which I now define as moving even when you’re afraid and still don’t know where you’re going. Actually I can’t explain much but one thing I do, is to obey whatever Kyle says in the lesions. Having been indexed I’m very much encouraged, "People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy." -- Tony Robbins.

I’m very sure I’m heading towards success and I encourage all new members like me not to fear failure and run away from success. We must persevere to success – a journey of a million miles starts with a step. We have stepped in the right direction – soliciting the help of old members.

"Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that's where you will find success." -- Thomas J. Watson