Growing up as a teen, I used to have this ROAD-MAP of life on my mind which I was brought up to strictly adhere to. And so, I attributes every failure(s) in life to their inability to be faithful disciple of this “school of thought”.

“Grow up, finish your university education, get a job, work for a while, get a wife, raise up kids, get a home (if possible) and a car, have a good retiring plan, save some money and grow up watching your children follow suite above!”.

Umm. A good success plan? Well, that is good enough for an “average” human who wants to just walk past the face of the earth without contributing meaningful impact to the lives of others and society generally or leaving their foot-prints on the sand of time.

Come to think of it, what makes one a success or what qualifies a man to have lived a fulfilled life? A number of us (even the Bible) already accepts its not in the number of wealth or property. If not, then what? I leave that for your to add as comment to this article, because that is not what I am talking about here.

Now, I am no longer a child but do my reasoning and take my decisions. Just like every other young person, I have experience challenges, failures and celebrates successes too. If there’s anything I have learnt that is different from what I was brought up to know is that; what life you choose to live is your decision.

I for one, I have a personal ambition and desire to be famous, influential and powerful. Yes, I am not ashame or afraid to tell it loud. This desire has pushed (and still pushing) me to be the extra-ordinary youth, venturing into life-threatning, risking and high-tasking accomplishments.

Many wonder and marvel at the drive in me. But you see, I have decided not to live the kinda life my father and everyone I know around me has lived (is living). Pardon me, I am not saying they are not living a fulfilled or successful life, remember I asked you to define both in previous paragraph. I believe they are living (or lived) a successful and fulfilled lives.

I have decided to live a life of creating standards, setting rules for others to follow. I have encounter many challenges (and still encountering) because of this personal drive. A colleague once called it a “disease” that needs to be cured. Well, if there is a curative that I need, let it be DEATH.

With the few years I have spent on earth on “this” course, I cant say I have achieved or accomplished, but I have started living this life by striving daily to making a change and turning the directions of the wind to my wish.

A proverbial saying: “A determined man does not wait at the sea shore for the boat to land, but sail towards the boat in the sea amidst the storms and winds!”.

What side do you belong? The party waiting at the sea shore for the landing of the boat or the few party swimming towards the boat? Well, just a word; remember that the party waiting for the boat to land at the seashore usually have little or nothing at the end, because the ones that dared to swim to meet the boat must have OWNED everything.

I dared to try!