Weak WILL Hinders Progress Amidst Many Ways
Weak WILL Hinders Progress Amidst Many WAYS.
Have you heard of the phrase "where there is a will, there is a way?" Sounds familiar right?
Yes, there are lots of ways these days to pursue your education, to start a business, to get into colleges/universities and all for one reason - Financial Freedom.
This young lass was forced out of Gr.12 by the formal education system in 2015. Yet the WILL on the inside of her was stronger than the common WAY for the students to enroll at the tertiary institutions - via passing of an higher secondary education examination.
However even if you get good grades, you can still be forced out of the formal education system due to limited number of spaces at the tertiary institutions. And there are about 20,000 Gr.12 students in PNG are forced onto the streets each year, and only up to 8000 students are accepted to continue their studies at the tertiary level.
This young lass named Rene Manus aka Renee Nuina Manus was one among those 20,000 who were squeezed out of the bottle neck education system. However only 5 years later, she graduated with Merits in her pursuit of bachelor degree in Chemistry from the University of Technology in 2020.
So what is the secret? The secret is to Keep on Strengthening the WILL on the inside of you. But the question is, how can one do that? Let me give you some common things to do:
- Staying focused - Dropping out of Gr.12 does NOT mean its the end of your education.
- Allowing nothing to come between you and your WILL - not even beer nor boyfriend/girlfriend.
- Knowing that the short term pleasures are NOT long term gains but pains only.
- Remembering that your life is what YOU create it to be.
- Knowing that your life is NOT borrowed, and therefore you can't continue to live on borrowed things or become parasites.
- Continue to REMIND yourself that you have a Mission in Education to achieve.
- If someone gives you K2 or K5, SAVE it and INVEST towards the Will you have for your education.
- Continue to have positive attitude; dress neat, read books, speak English, watch news, participate in debates, volunteer to serve others.
- You can spend 1 year doing gardening to produce foods and then sell them, make money, and upgrade your marks. It will take ONLY 2 to 3 years to do that before being enrolled at a tertiary institution and SAVE yourself from a life time of financial dependency.
- If someone employees you to become a cleaner or a security guard, appreciate it and give your best. Take it as a stepping stone to reach your goal. Budget your money and spend most of your salary in upgrading marks and continue learning while saving a few.
- Be humble, be appreciative, and do not take for granted those who are there to support you.
- Do not join peer groups or bow to peer pressure or waste time at the market place and money on unnecessary things which, at the end of the day, amounts to nothing in your life.
- If you want to be, for example; a Mining Engineer, studying mining Engineering doesn't necessarily give you a ticket to work in mining industry. Nurses can work in mining, teachers can work in mining, clerks can work in mining, electrical technicians can work in mining. The point is, there are many ways to get to your destiny.
- ALWAYS BE REMINDED OF YOUR WILL TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR MISSION IN EDUCATION!
Your first step to create your own ways will allow your WILL to make wonders for you! Continue to strengthen your WILL to achieve education milestone you have ever wanted to achieve.
Remember; No one will light the lamp on the other side of the tunnel in your life. If it means to blow up the tunnel and light the lamp yourself, you have to! And that is done only by having a STRONG WILL! NEVER COMPROMISE FOR SHORT TERM PLEASURES!
Young Lass Renee is an example and an inspiration to thousands out there!
Congratulations
Renee! We commend you on your strong WILL to overcome obstacles!
God bless and have a pleasant life journey!
Jeffers Teargun Heptol
EPA Director
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Pic: Renee (via FB Photo)
Director, Principal Geologist at Munga River Ltd, Kupuyapa Mining Ltd
11 个月Renee, this is indeed a beautiful piece. How amazing is our God that we serve. Where there seems no way He makes a way. He forms rain clouds in clear blue sky, He makes rivers flow in desserts, He makes flowers grown in deserts to bloom again, instead of the thorn tree is the fir tree, instead of the brier is the myrtle tree. May God's grace abound bountifully in your life.