ANYONE WHO LACKS MOMENTUM EVENTUALLY BECOMES A MONUMENT

‘Never leave till tomorrow that you can do today’- Benjamin Franklin. Indeed it is better to die for an idea that will live, than live for an idea that would die. You have the capacity to lead your generation. You were designed to be at the forefront of your generation. The Bible says that you are fearfully and wonderfully crafted (Psalm 139:14). This means you are distinguished and to be revered. You are a royalty and belong to the prestige class with great potential for great achievement you should therefore not demean yourself by all standards. As a young person, there is a great momentum in your life even though most people remain in a dormant mode for a great momentum for a greater part of their lives. Therefore, activate every atom of power in your life and live your dream for greater achievement. For anyone who lacks momentum eventually becomes a monument. In other not to become a laugher and a walking monument, you have to make time your best confederate. Time does not classify, and it does not favour anybody. You either work with time or it works against you. Time is essentially middle-of-the-road. It is distributed equitably to all. The opulent are not more privileged than pitiable as far as time is controlling affairs. Everybody has 24 hours. The rich have 24 hours a day and so is the poor. The Public Relation Personnel has 24 hours a day and so is the Journalist. No one has more time and opportunities than the other. Let us be guided by the fact that those we meet when ascending in life are the very ones you meet when plunging. And that what goes round comes round. The bygone is a period that will never be available to you again. It is beyond your management now. The former is history and therefore, you must learn the lessons of it. How long can you travel in reverse gear? The reverse is meant to help you adjust, turn and maneuver but ultimately you have to move forward. The past provides us with experience for present and future. The present is what really have total control over how the future you now desire is fashioned and formed. The present is a good opportunity to build a desirable future. Some have tried to jump into the future and have been frustrated by their lack of direction and focus. The future presents itself in the form of vision, goals, objectives, desires and ambitions. The future is always kneaded and baked in the present. The future is therefore not created in vacuum. It is imperative however, to note that time cannot be stored in a silo, refrigerator or room to use at some future date. Time unlike Tertially Education cannot be deferred. It expires moments after you have deferred it. This moment of time on GIJ Campus (i.e. Year, month, day, hours, minute and second will never ever be repeated in your life). And like it is said literally. ‘If you refused to be crowned a chief, be assured never to become a town crier’ ‘Opportunity comes but once’ I am of the opinion that every day presents us with great and marvelous opportunities it is what you choose to believe that will become the reality in your life. You need an eye in your mind to be able to imagine and determine whether something is a resource or not. Two people can be looking at the same thing but interpreted differently. Many of us fall into needless situations because we are not independent minded. Politicians and peers sometimes place unnecessary pressures on us to do things that will meet their aspirations and agenda. You are not a tool for any person(s) to just use to achieve their own objectives. Do not allowed yourself to be remote controlled. If an older person wants you to swallow some bitter pellets of drugs, ask why he or she is not carrying it himself. People may prophesize negatively about you and sometimes into your future. Some may come from your teachers, classmates and peers. But be resolute and determined to prove them wrong by being a leading light and achiever. You cannot be a mistake in creation and you were not born carbon copied so why die as such? Prove doom prophets wrong if you are decisive, and have something in life to die for. It is important to note that the success of every journey with good intension and energy plus the wrong direction will not lead you to your destination. Another important gem is focus which is also provided through mentoring. Great enthusiasm and ambitions can blind young people into wanting to conquer the world. They then bite more than they could chew. They’ve indeed beaten more than they can chew. Because we of Ghana Institute of Journalism were inundated with series of articles, some of which sort to educate us on SRC, its mandate and limitations. I can recall vividly in one of those fine write-ups entitled ‘NUGS IS DEAD’ calling on us not vote for the affluence and that SRC is not to be sold. Credit to the essayist (Philip Atawura). My worry however is about the sudden and abrupt U-turn? What about our vision and missions? The least said about the unsavory, slanderous and venomous attacks on their perceive contenders the better. Is this the way we have to go as up and coming leaders of our nation? Must we in pursuit of our selfish interest rundown the reputation others have built over time? Certainly not, and for that matter culprits must atone for their actions and inactions. It is a wakeup call on us as who are studying to becoming members of the fourth estate of the realm to scrutinize and reject any person(s) who per our view lack direction and focus, for those men and women it cannot be said of them of their independent mindedness and for that matter will only live to pursue their selfish ambitions and not the general interest and welfare of GIJ students and mother Ghana.