BREAKING THE SILENCE, 2014 Breaking The Silence | Page 22

“Do things at the right
time, and you will find out
that you can be whatever
you want to be.”
Final words….
I know many people would wonder
could they be whatever they want
to be, especially when they see the
challenges in our country, the first
thing is believe you can have it.
When I left school, I was telling a
doctor I wanted to be a
Neurosurgeon, he looked at me and
said 'that is not possible', he gave
me an idea that it was not possible,
but I made up my mind that I will be
what I wanted to be, and of course,
God helped me. So I did not allow
others to discourage me.
Also, excellence comes from you,
you have to decide to do the best
you can do, I don't know what Holy
book you read, but I know that even
unbelievers want the best, how
much more God. I tell people this, if
you want a mechanic, do you want
a Christian mechanic or a mechanic
that can do the job? People are not
looking for just a doctor that has
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some faith, they are looking for
someone who knows what he is
doing, and the better if he has God
to help him.
Whatever we do, we shouldn't leave
out the God factor, but we should
strive for the best in what we do.
If your motto is to do the best you
can do, if you go to bed at night and
ask yourself 'have I given my best
today' and you can answer in the
affirmative, I think you've done a
good job.
And for the next generation, I think
the future is bright especially for
people who are determined.
I also know that many things in life
is about timing, there is a time to be
a student and a time to be a doctor,
there is time for everything in life; if
you don't get the timing right, you
may be in trouble eventually. A ten
year old boy passes WAEC,
everybody would think him brilliant,
a forty year old man passes WAEC,
everybody would wonder what he is
doing at forty, it is not passing
WAEC; it is the timing. If a sixteen
year old girl get pregnant or a forty
year old is not pregnant, people
would shout, it is not the
pregnancy, it is the timing.
For medical students, you have time
ahead of you; you should plan and
make sure you don't miss the time.
As much as possible within your
power, pass your exams when you
should, if you are going to do your
house job do it early and move on, if
you think of writing exams, write it
early and move.
If you become a consultant early,
you have more time to space your
family and do other things in life –
politics or what have you.
Do things at the right time, and you
will find out that you can be
whatever you want to be.