LEARN AND LIVE ITEM FOR JANUARY 9, 2012 ... I FIRST heard this statement
made by a secondary school student almost a decade ago.
After seeing it a number of
times later, I knew that the boy who said that must have read it or heard it
mentioned somewhere.
That quote is attributed to
William H Johnsen, an American painter (1901-1970), who was from South Carolina
but spent time with his uncle in New York and studied art there.
At the age of 25, he went to
Paris and spent time learning and painting.
Later he moved to the south
of the country and painted.
The quote means to get a
task or job done, a person must take responsibility. Others may make comments
and suggestions but at the end it all depends on the person performing the
task.
When you look at the year
ahead and your list of goals, you must realise that to achieve your goals this
year, the most important factor that will determine your success in achieving
your goals will be your effort to make things happen.
Your parents and guardians
can comment and suggest things but the person who must put in the
minute-by-minute effort, day-in and day-out, will be you.
Your teacher can give you
all the tips about scoring the top grades in your assessments ,but they will
not make it happen.
The studying part, the
revision and completing the assignments or projects on time will be your doing.
Many have grown up in homes
where everything is given – food, clothes, shelter and love. But then they have
not taken hold of their lives responsibly to take it to the next level.
You must realise that your
parents or guardians can give you so much, but not everything.
The same goes for the
government.
They can give so much, but
not everything.
Years ago, I had a student
and he said he would like to become an astronaut.
That wish may be far-fetched,
but if he was serious and really wanted to become an astronaut, he can become
one.
His possible plans would be
to score the best grades in science (physics), mathematics and English and
learn to fly a plane.
Afterwards he has to go to a
country where there are institutes that send people into space and work there
patiently.
When the time is right, they
may consider him as a candidate.
It is a case of “if it is to
be, it is up to him”.
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