Dont just live because you exist nor exist just because you live, but live to create tremendous impact wherever you find yourself. Martin Luther said " If you dont have anything worth dying for, you are not worth living".
My little study about the concept of life tells me that the mind is the most powerful gift to man by God. Depending on how you use it, you can control your world or destroy it. Our mindset shapes the way we behave, react to situations, and even the way we walk. It has the predominant control over our 5 sense organs. Show me a great mind, and I will show you a great man. The level we get to in life depends on the limit we place on what we can achieve. Nobody would have believed it 2000 years ago that heavy metals and irons could float on air or water. No other person would have agreed to the idea of moving into space, and exploring the outside world. It must have sounded ridiculous in the first place. It must have sounded very crazy to believe that one could speak to his loved ones over a million miles away. But what do we see today, innovations upon innovations. The world of Artificial intelligence is beginning to make the world believe that Robots of the next generation would have every human trait. All these are great minds that refused to be limited by whatsover.
You might be asking, what at all am I driving at. Africa would remain where it is over the next 1000 years if we do not change our mindset.
We should start teaching our children in schools, churches, mosques and other social gatherings about the need to be impactful. We must inculcate in these children the "can do spirit". We should stop telling our children that Africa has no hope. Instead, every parent should assure his children that they are the future leaders of their generation.
We must develop the passion for change. We must arouse within us the driving force to innovation and inventions. Yes we are far behind, but we have the capacity to come back. It is seemingly impossible, but it is very very realistic. Hit your chest and say, the future of Africa lies in my hands, I promise never yo fail God nor my generation.
The black man is most gifted! Arise Africa