From Rags To Riches

My late dad told me the last time things were smooth, it was in 1964...

I am not of that school of thoughts that believe things would be as smooth as the surface of the sky...

Easy or no easy, we go breakthrough

Every true hero on the battlefield is never scared of death and is used to blood and pain...

They live each day as if they will die tomorrow...

A true hero never gets scared of the battle for justice and stability of peace...

They fight with their strengths and tactics in order to protect their countries

We were never told things would be easy...

We were never told one knock will open the door of fortune but we know if we keep trying we will hit deep the rock of Gold

Of course, we would cry, scream, faint, and rise to continue...

And that is what true heroes do…

We were never told, we would not be scolded, humiliated, and rejected...

We were never told, our hearts would not be burdened through emotional pain...

We were never told, we would not be disrespected and abandoned like a desolate sanctuary

We were never told, our strengths and instincts won't fail us...

And we were never told, we won't get there if we keep moving...

I know, you can not be stopped, if you don't stop...

I might stumble on the way but I won't look like such

We were never told, people will not walk out of our lives...

We were never told for us to land in the palace, we gotta climb the mountains...

We were never told, things would be as smooth as the surface of the sky…

We were never told, we will not be detained, for us to attain...

We were never told, we would not be dented and tempted for us to be gloriously painted

We were never told, we will not suffer…

We were never told we wouldn't be infused and confused and diffused

We were never told, we wouldn't be tutored by pain for us to obtain a gainful result

We were never told, we wouldn't be called sissies on our way to victories

We were never told, we wouldn't be doubted, taunted, and discriminated...

We were never told, we wouldn't be insulted, assaulted and enervated, for us to be elevated

We were never told, we wouldn't lose our resistance but we would still be in existence...

We were never told we wouldn't…

We were never told, we wouldn't be attenuated, jilted, and daunted...

Of course, we will or would pass through all these things to get through...

We shouldn't be taken by surprises, there is no gain without pain...

For us to be grounded, we have to be grinded

I stumbled at the story of “ No 1 richest man in China”, named Jack Ma

Jack Ma is never noted as a genius, he was not an excellent child while growing up, he struggled to get things done

He was very good at one subject, which was English Language but was a big-time failure in Mathematics, he failed Mathematics in a number of times

He didn't hit the rock of gold once, he kept on axing and that was persistence

One thing he did, he built his strength around the confine of his divine ability, which was English, he was very sound in English

Jack Ma graduated from college in 1988 with a major in English and international trade

He tried many businesses but failed woefully

He didn't give up, he kept on trying, even in the midst of failures and disappointments

He began his career as an English teacher and also own a side business in international trading based in Yiwu. On the year of 1995, he managed to travel to the U.S., and this was when he was exposed to the Internet for the very first time.

*Jack Man heightened from “Rags to Riches”*

He hailed from the poor communist in China

He failed his university entrance exam twice and got rejected from dozens of jobs, including the giant KFC

According to Forbes, as at the time was written, he is worth $29 billion and other visible assets

At world economic summit in 2016, Jack revealed he even got rejected by Harvard for 10 consecutive times

Jack sprouted from Grass to Grace was fueled with two major things

He was able to recognize his strength, which was English

He was a passionate man, he was far from being a genius

Jack Ma is the owner of Alibaba, one of the three largest retailers in the world as a whole

Let me try and think, some of the ugly guck, Jack might have gone through before glowing globally  in the hall of fame

He might have suffered rejection from friends, families, and lovers while growing up

He might have been taunted, daunted and insulted base on his shameful results

Of course, he might have had several heartbreaks from his girlfriends, he might have been labeled and tagged with a title of a fool

He might have sought help or rejected for seeking financial assistance from friends, families, and others

Possibly, his name might have been saved with “a big fool”

He must have been mocked by his classmates while growing up

The nitty-gritty of it all is, rejections, pain, tears, sufferings, failures and on and on like that, are the stories that produce an alluring glory

Failure is not telling you to stop, it is telling you to keep on trying

Remember, winners, are always celebrated!

And also, picture a bigger dream!