Pulling You Down

             Looking back to my childhood, I was only an ordinary little girl from a rural town, who dreamed of coming to a university, study and earn a degree.

             I remembered what a relative told me, "Oh, you can't go to a university. It's very expensive. Your parents can't afford it." It's like saying, your poor and can't go to college. It's only a waste of time and money. I wonder why there are people with that kind of mentality. Instead of saying words of encouragement, they are the ones pulling away  lights of your dim future. The sad thing is, they are your close relatives.

             I've personally encountered students with the same experience. Leila has a sister working abroad who pays her school fees, dormitory, and monthly allowance. Unknowingly, the other sister who receives the budget used the money personally. Poor Leila, she almost always skipped her meals and prefers to sleep with an empty stomach. She has nothing to eat nor a penny left in her pocket to buy food.   She literally showed signs of malnutrition. Her skin are dry and scaly, dull hair, irritable all the time, emaciated, and participates poorly in class.  She's just lucky for having kind friends who understood her situation.

         Anna shared her story. She is good in class and received awards at the end of the school year. Then, she was surprised that her aunt in the USA who sends her to school ended her sponsorship. She later knew that another jealous aunt backstabbed her and made up stories about her.

        You might be sharing the same experiences with Leila or Anna. Don't lose hope. Accept them positively. Use them as your weapon to achieve success. So what if you're poor, ugly or disabled? They do not have the power to underestimate your potentials. Aim high and do your very best to attain it. If they keep on throwing stones at you, use it to build a fortress so strong that they can't knock you down.  In the end, they'll realize what they did was wrong. Don't be too narcissistic about yourself. Humility is a great virtue. Just believe in your self and to God Almighty.

    Matthew 7:7-11 Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.. (8) For each one who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, it shall be opened. (9) Or what man is there of you, if his son asks a loaf, will he give him a stone? (10) Or if he asks a fish, will he give him a snake? (11) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him?