Motivational Stories Volume 3

                                                  NOT YOUR SKIN: DR. PHILIP EMEAGWALI

May be, your present circumstances and conditions are really militating against your becoming what you desire to be - the world’s greatest. I know it is that bad! Is it your family background? Your colour! Or even your educational background? Hear me! You are not the first in the list! There were many - very many before you! I say the list is endless.

Friends! Do you know that many people today especially the students think that the problem is their colour! Hence, they are doing everything possible to relocate to the white man's country -USA, thinking that everything is cheap and easy there. But they lied.

Mention any field of human endeavour worldwide and you will find that among the top performers is a Nigerian - Africa's most populous country! It was Dr. Phillip Emeagwali the super-celebrated computer scientist that designed the fastest computer in the United States of American! Now, skip a little bit and you will find Colonel Edwin Njoku an expert in nuclear health physics glowing like a star in the United States Army. As an institution, the United States Army uphold merit! Not coups! So for Njoku to become the Director of the 2nd Medical Brigade Headquarters in San Pablo California is no mean feat. He is the first African colonel in the US Army! His command trains nothing less than 600 military and civilian physicians, nurses, and other emergency response personnel annually! He did is secondary school in Owerri, Nigeria and said when he landed in John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport, all he had in his pocket was only ten dollars with determination and focus to make it! But today, he has excelled!

Wherever you are and whatever you are going through reading this month Motivational Stories, always believe that God your creator had great deposits of talents and treasures in you. Whether you are a black, white or blonde, you are a first class citizen. Don't allow your colour, country, economy, family background or even educational background to be a barrier!

Failure or depression is no respecter of race, colour or sex! I have seen blacks and white fail! There are millionaires in Africa that have never travelled outside Africa! There are poor people in Africa, America, Asia, Russia, etc! So, determine to succeed even if you are currently in a pit.

Friends! It is true that Isaac Newton was white! Henry Ford was white! Thomas Edison was white! But Dr. Phillip Emeagwali is black! Col. Edwin Njoku is black! Professor Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian! Nelson Mandela is a black man! Work hard! Believe God! He can make you a star in your present circumstances! You are the world’s greatest!

Yes! It is practically up to you! Do not forget! Your future is not a function of your current circumstances! See you at the pick of your destiny. You are welcome to the peak of your destiny. Your case will not be different and your story is next in line in the BOOK - THEY HAVE GRACED THE PAGES OF HISTORY.

Thank you for taking out time to read through this month's Motivational Stories. Your life is just about to begin. So see you next month.



                  Nick Imoru
                  Director
                  Esteem Motivation, Inc.