CONSISTENCY IS THE KEY



Angelina walked out of my sight, to take the hands of Jack, the only son of Michael Jordan, the guy who talks with money

I felt like fighting at that spot but I decided to take a glass of wine to such a terrible humiliation

I was a handsome guy but I hailed from a poor background and my love for basketball can not be put on hold, even in the next generation

Jack walked up to me, bouncing like Jayz and said nothing is impossible for the guy with the money

Nothing fails, when money strikes

I silently walked out of that terrible scene, polluted by my hot girlfriend

I was so ashamed of myself, it was an incident, I didn't forget to note down in my diary

Nothing I could do than to get my body grinding on the ground with my eyes filled with tears

I guess that incident worked out some magic in me and stirred up some sleeping talents

I rose up to the mission of killing the beast terrorizing our generation, it is high time I killed that bitch called Poverty, said to myself

I was so determined to get on to the task I knew nothing about

I know this, I can't give out, what I don't have

So, I decided to walk into the bank, maybe I could win a loan facility to start a business as a student

Sad to say, all my effort to get it achieved proved abortive

I was so tired and looked stupid at the same time

Before I go deeper, my name is John Kingsley.

I was so exhausted, confused and totally ran of ink ticking in my pen

I had run out of ideas on my brain

While I was there walking on the street, I was touched by an old man, who was observed to be deaf and dumb

By the time I moved closer...

I observed, he was a beggar and had a black slate hung on his neck

The small black slate reads;

Help me in any way you can🙇🙇🙇

This time I was more confused, I was thinking what can I do, to make this old man smile home

Then I dipped in my hand inside my dirty faded pocket and gave him all I had

Was I thinking? I guess I wasn't

I actually acted on my father's words, that says, always makes someone smiles, in any way you can

I guess I did, I made him smile while I was still fighting with a beast yet to be defeated

As I was about to fly on with my tired feet, I was suddenly stopped by that old dirty stinking man, a beggar to be specific


He brought a pen too and wrote, read and bite this book as your existence depends on it because If I had read this when I was your age, my life would not have ended this way

I succeeded in fighting back tears and I decided to fly home on my tired feet with a gifted ancient dirty book on my hand

Tears and water came to worship my eyes

I thought life was not fair to me but what of that old stinking man? All those thoughts were running to and fro inside my mind.

I finally got home after a couple of hours

I went straight to the shower, putting off my trousers, shoes, and shirt, on my way to the bathroom, I knew the only thing that could energize me is water, so I decided to take a fresh shower

Every drop of water falling on my skin was connecting me to the memory of that old dirty stinking man

Tears and water came to worship my eyes


If I wasn't miscalculating, I spent almost 5 hours inside the bathroom, busy reflecting on what happened to me during the day, with tears gushing out to confirm how painful it was

Finally, I came out and I moved swiftly from the bathroom to my room, this time, my body was expressing a mechanical kind of energy.

Honestly, I did catch some energy, that shower was a revival.

Right now, I needed to log my soul into dreamland, maybe I could be blessed with a rare revelation, silently said to myself

All efforts to get access to dreamland got replied with try again later, 🙆🏻‍♂🙆🏻‍♂🙆🏻‍♂

The encounter I had during the day took over my mind

While I was still trying to get some sleep, I suddenly remembered the book gifted to me by that dirty old stinking beggar

I summoned the courage to pick it up from where I kept it, the book was a reflection of the owner, it was obviously dirty, just like its owner, I had to clean it before I could feed my eyes and my mind with that old stuff written in it


Then I opened the book, lo and behold it was titled "CONSISTENCY IS THE KEY"

And I silently said in my heart, key to what?

Then I got a response in chapter 1, Consistency is the key that unlocks every unopened door of greatness

It goes on:

Consistency is putting "ENDURANCE" in action

Whatever we consistently practice is what we become

Assess yourself, what do you do on a daily basis?

Consistency is a total commitment to a task

Tell me, have you seen a player who desires to stand out on the field and will deny himself the call of consistent training?

Maybe you have seen a student who desires to stand out among his mates and will not be consistent in reading?

Have you seen a writer who desires to be different and will keep on denying the call of writing?

An adage says several drops of water make an ocean

We consciously or unconsciously become what we are consistently committed to, over a certain period of time

We are products of what we consistently do overtime

No matter how slow we go in achieving what we desire, if we keep on moving in that direction, we will hit the right rock, it may not be immediately but definitely

Of course, we can't be consistent without having a passion for something

Passion drives consistency...

These are the key points I was able to pick from the book handed to me by that old beggar

Thank God, my passion for basketball is not from this world

That book really did transform my life

I was consistently committed to basketball training and within the space of 3 years, my name reached the hall of fame

It was a dream come true, I was able to defeat the ancient beast called "Poverty" terrorizing in my family

I was able to achieve all these through consistent commitment

Be consistently committed to that talent of yours, be assured, one day your name will rock on the hall of fame

We become what we do

 What do you desire to become and what are you doing?

Sit down and think...

I hope you are not getting it all wrong?

Are you daily moving to your dreams or you are daily being distracted through the power of social media, because that has been our major distraction for youths of this age?

The future belongs to those who prepare for it, not for those who spend their days as they come

Accumulated time is the mother of destiny

What do you do with your time?

Be daily driven by what you desire to become, go for it, even if it's the hardest thing to do

It is very dangerous to be distracted


Consistency is the key, be consistently driven and engaged in the pursuit of your desired goals and objectives.

I love you...