Just in case you are wondering what this article is all about, take a minute and think of that time in your life when you felt like throwing in the towel and just walking away from your dreams and everything you had ever hoped for. Permit me now to ask you a personal question, what was it that reassured you that everything was going to be all right? If you can put a finger on it, you have done well by being specific in your analysis but if you cannot, the most important thing is that you took the time to do some retrospection.
Sometimes the will to live is so overpowering that the average person will still shrug off any major disappointments, take a positive outlook on life and say that things can only get better. That folks is the will to live; according to a survey conducted some years ago, Nigerians were reputed to be the happiest people in the world. Without any doubt, it was obvious the compelling reason for that was the never-say-die attitude that many a Nigerian has. With the situation of things in this country, you would expect nearly everyone to be nearing the point of giving up and ending it all but that is not the case. All you need to do to be convinced of this is to look at the people close to you and see what they are going through as it relates to their general attitude to life.
The secret is not far-fetched and is definitely not rocket science. What we who have resolved to forge ahead despite the difficulties and the rough paths that lie ahead of us have in common is what I call the will to live. Everyone needs some perseverance in the equation of their lives as no one was promised a smooth ride in life. No wonder Tai Solarin of blessed memory said, 'May your days be rough'. The man was just being the realist that he really was. The question I pose to you today is what you will do when things do not turn out the way you hope and expect them to. We all will have those times in our lives when the natural and easy thing to do is throw in the towel and give up fighting. You must at this point learn to look inwards and draw from that inner reservoir of strength that is present in everyone irrespective of age, colour or language.
The battle of life is not yet lost so long as we are ready to keep trying. The battle is of course lost when we lose hope, allow the vicissitudes of life to box us in, and dictate to us. If there are people in the world today who moved from zero to hero then you really have no excuse! So what should stop you from revving up that will to live and firing on all cylinders?
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