During my young school days, I could recollect a song that one of our school mistresses taught us.
At that time the main word of that song which I now know as determination didn’t make sense.
All I knew was that “determination is our motto,” we sang and chorus it joyfully without realising how powerful that word was.
Just like the song, determination should be your motto. I promise you that in this blog I will share with you some of my personal experiences in life and I have learned a lot through determination.
What is determination?
Determination means the quality that makes you continue to do something even when it is difficult to do. This is how the dictionary put it.
Any time you face a difficult situation and you defer all odds and continue with your life, it shows how determined you are.
A difficult situation can be a failure at something. Think about a student who fails an examination and instead gives up. He settles down and vows to study hard until success is achieved.
This is determination at work.
In 1999 my doctor was stunned when she saw me in the hospital coming to ask for medical clearance to get back to the university to complete my final degree exam.
From the look on her face, you could see surprise written all over her and you don’t need to study psychology to understand her mind.
She simply said, “How did it happen, “ This is because when I was discharged from the hospital there was no remedy.
Everything medically possible was done and I had to be discharged to go home to uncertainty.
Little wonder she and members of staff displayed that kind of surprise.
This story is meant to let you know how I got determined to go back to school when I miraculously got healed.
I didn’t believe that I would get back to school at the time it happened and so did anyone close to me.
So determination is like saying you won’t give up and it is to say no when discouragement sets in your life.
When difficulty confronts you it may be difficult to work yourself up. This is why I am here to tell you that with determination you can overcome it.
You don’t allow failure of any kind to overcome you. You should do your best to use the motto of determination to drive yourself to success.
Why do you need determination?
You need it because it keeps you going when things become tough. It is a force to reckon with. You need patience as well as hard work.
You can have success through determination and that is the reason you should not overlook. Life challenges are real and when you preserve you can overcome anything.
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