WHY AM I HERE?

“what are you dreaming about?. It’s not so much about wild dreams, having imaginations, just dreaming here and there.
I believe that this whole world, human race, we are all little pieces in a large puzzle, we all have a reason why we are here, we all have that little piece that we have to add to the puzzle to make it all work out. We are all moving to a destination and we all have a part to play.
Its understanding your purpose, having direction about your purpose, understanding what drives you, what makes you tick, what do you do and you are motivated all by yourself, you don’t need external motivation. You start doing it and you don’t stop.”

Host: Do you think if a person dreams really big far beyond where they are, it can come true… because there is this ideology some people have. They feel when you dream too big, you are dreaming going beyond the imaginable, like when you are dreaming, you should restrict yourself from going beyond your horizons. Like, imagine things that would actually work out, that are feasible. However, we have a lot of people that dream and they dream beyond the horizons like they, dream far and wide. Do you think such people, their dreams usually come true or it just goes down the drain.

TWTsBlog: I believe that its not so much about dreaming but more, what are you dreaming about. It’s not so much about wild dreams, having imaginations, just dreaming here and there.

I believe that this whole world, human race, we are all little pieces in a large puzzle, we all have a reason why we are here, we all have that little piece that we have to add to the puzzle to make it all work out. We are all moving to a destination and we all have a part to play in the puzzle. For somebody, it is to find a cure to corona, for some other person, it is to create microsoft, for some person, it is to assist or motivate the person that was to start computers. Its not so much about dreaming wildly but understanding your purpose, having direction about your purpose, understanding what drives you, what makes you tick, what do you do and you are motivated all by yourself, you don’t need external motivation. You start doing it and you don’t stop.

If you are dreaming in the lines of this, if you are dreaming in line with your drive, your passion and with what you believe is your true purpose, yes. I believe that you can make it and it is not so much just dreaming but also working. You are diligent, you are consistent, you are also determined. Sometimes, determination may fail because it is not looking good but that you just continue, it doesn’t matter that you are doing the big things but inasmuch as you are still doing the small things, that you are still doing it is enough.

Don’t just dream but dream in line with your drive, dream in line with your purpose, be consistent, make little moves. If you are consistent and diligent, Yes, I believe that you can make it, you will make it.

Host: I actually quite agree with you on what you said. Its not really about dreaming big, its about what you are dreaming about. You have to dream in line with what you are called to do and that way, purpose discovery even comes into play. You must know what you are here for so, you can dream in line with that. Most definitely once you are on that path, things will work out.

How do you think a person can dream big and not let it distract them from the present?.

TWTsBlog: One, our old people say that a bird in hand is more than two, ten, hundred, one million in the field. The fact that you have one in your hand, you have that one already, you have caught it already. Hold it. You are looking for the one in the field, you are positioning your bow and your arrow. Do well, position it but don’t loose the one in your hand because you are going after ten in the field. So, I would say that while we are going after what we want, first we need money to finance our goal so, we don’t treat the one we have somehow because we are going after something. You know, there is twenty-four hours in a day but there is a way that we can schedule our time that we create time for our goal and our present. Its really important not to neglect the present and what we have when we are chasing after our goal.

The second thing I will say is… its also very popular “wisdom is profitable to direct” and it goes back to the first one which is you don’t have something already and because you are going after something else that you don’t know the journey towards that something else. You don’t know what you will meet on the way while you are getting that something else. You now neglect this one that you have. You might loose it and in the end be left with nothing at all so, Yes, wisdom is profitable to direct I would say.

Host:I feel it’s the things you do now that will lead you on to that future you are actually hoping for or you are dreaming big about. You are making an impact in society, helping people and all but then your mind is just on that dream meanwhile at the moment, there is no concrete thing on ground that you are doing that will actually help you get to that point. For example, I could say maybe ypou want to build an NGO, you want to build an orphanage in the future, maybe your goal is to cater for a hundred thousand children every month.

If you are not working towards it now to ensure that you become financially free, if you don’t have concrete goals that will help you achieve that thing in the future currently, that actually means that you are letting that future distract you in the now. So, I feel just like you said, the now is more important than the future.

TWTsBlog:In a way… so, there is a way to channel your now. I feel like you have to find a way that your now can finance your future. What you have now, find something in it that can help you get what you want in the future. I’m going to give an example,

while I was back home, I was working, I had a nine to five job and I also was trying to do my masters. I was saving money, more than half of my salary every month. At the time, when I started saving, I didn’t know that I would use all of it for financing my blocked account. In the end, the money was not enough but at least, I had something. At the time, I had over one million naira. I started doing mutual funds and got to know about mutual funds in the bank that I was working in. I used the knowledge I was getting from my “now” to work towards my future. I was at work, if I was on break, I would go, quickly do something. Sometimes, I would tell my boss I want to take my break outside today. Normally, everyone takes their break in the office and the cleaner would go get something and come back. Sometimes I would say I want to go outside and eat today. I’m not going to eat. I’m going somewhere. Maybe I want to go and certify a document. I would quickly run, to the lawyers place, go and certify document. I was using my now to prepare for my future.

You have to find something in your now that can help you for your future. You have to find a space in your now to prepare for your future but at the same time you can’t neglect your now. Its very important that you hold that your now very strongly. In that my now, I was still doing performance appraisal and I was doing very well in my performance appraisal. I was getting you know, review and my salary was increasing in my now. So, I was doing it with all of my heart. But at the same time, I found something in my now that was able to help, that I channelled towards my future.

Host: Can you outline some steps a person must take to turn their big dreams to a reality.

TWTsBlog: I think that the first step is that you already have a dream. I believe that’s the pivotal step. That you already have a dream, that you already have a goal. I believe that the next one would be, That you have a clear plan on how you want to make that happen. This plan may not be the clearest plan that ever existed in the world but at least, it is clear to some degree.

You pick pen, put pen to paper and you say okay, by march, this is what I want to have achieved and this is how I plan achieve it. So, you make very clear plans and realistic plans. I will say that is one and two; Collaborate. When I say collaborate, I mean don’t be in isolation. So, we have this believe that if you tell people about what you want to do or your plans or something, they will spoil it for you. At the end of the day, if you keep everything to yourself, you won’t get any help. You will have no help at all. So, I believe that at the end of the day, be deliberate, be intentional about the people that you collaborate with.

That thing that they say don’t tell people your plans, there is wisdom in it. This is because you can’t tell everybody but be intentional about who you tell. Don’t just talk for carelessly. Be intentional about the kind of conversations that you have, and be intentional about the people that you want to have these conversations with. I think that, that would really help, that you have a very clear plan and you collaborate.

And, start small. If you want to build a house, if that’s your goal or maybe you want to be a Landlord and right now, you have nothing. Well, I would say that is a very far-fetched goal. Seeing as you don’t have anything and you want to be a Landlord. Perhaps the meaning of starting small for someone like that would be get a job and start saving. If for example, you wanted to own a juice producing company. Maybe you should start producing juice manually and packing it manually. So, start in the smallest way. If you cannot afford to buy bottles, maybe use nylon bags. If you cannot afford to buy nylon bags, well, maybe open somewhere and have reusable cups that you are washing and serving people and reusuing. So, I would say you don’t have to have everything all figured out. You don’t have to have all the money in the world but start in the smallest way.

So, here is the thing, as you start, other doors start to open. People see you and they start to contribute to what you are doing. People see you and they cannot contribute but they have ideas for you, they will contribute ideas. People see you they contribute suggestions, they will give you feedback, they will tell you, but you can do this ths way, it will be easier. Things you didn’t know before, people will introduce you to this things. The most important part will be to start, just start, no matter how small, just start.

Host: Do you have final words?

TWTsBlog: My final words would be something that is personal to me and something that I apply in my life. The scriptures says, (I am a Christian) by strength shall no man prevail. This is something that I hold dear to me. It does not say that man does not need strength. It says that By strength shall no man prevail. So, what I understand from that scripture is, you are going to need your strength but it is not that strength that will give you success. It says good success, all good success comes from God and there is a difference between riches and wealth. So, I would say that as final word to anyone, you have a dream, you have a goal. Hold God and don’t just hold God, hold the principles of God’s Word. So, there is one thing that is God, believing in God, there’s another thing that is the principles of God’s Word. When you read the bible, you get a revelation of some principles in the scriptures. For example, the principle of hardwork, the principle of diligence, the principle of consistency and you don’t just get exposed to these principles, you receive the strength to put these principles into action, to actually live out these principles.

So, I would say hold God, and hold the principles in the Word of God. If you do know the bible, if you do know the principles of God’s word, they are principles that will help in business, in living a fulfilled life, in growth, in marriage. They are actually principles that will help in all aspects of life so, that would be my final word.

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Much love! Besos!!