The keys to the kingdom of GREATNESS.

Life, the great sojourn in which we are the sojourners, is like a woman with many suitors. To some, she is warm, friendly and receiving; to others, cold, aloof, and disinterested. Life, the turbulent sea that we must sail across, irrespective of our height and station, with inimical winds seeking to topple our vessels. Lots of people start this phase of existence with hope and dreams but only few leave it after having accomplished the goals, dreams and visions of yester-years. Life, the raging storm that can only be weathered mainly by, the belief in the abilities of God, a sense of purpose, a tenacious hold on your vision. From the beginning of time, man has always believed in the existence of a superior deity because he knows that someone has to be responsible for the object and phenomena he observes in his environment. God is the source of greatness and the aspiration of men is to be great. Man who is a political animal aspires to levels of greatness, either in his immediate vicinity or in lands far and away. A small man stands on others, a great man stands on God. Learn to look upwards for help. Zig Ziglar illustrated this by the young sailor story. A young sailor who was on his first voyage ever was commanded to go aloft and trim the sails of the ship when the ship encountered a malevolent storm in the North Atlantic. As he started to climb,he missed a step, and was losing balance when an older sailor shouted,'look up son, look up'. The sailor looked up and regained balance. Like the sailor we should keep our eyes on things above. This is the first step to greatness therefore, is God. The second step is...God. God gives a sense of purpose to everyman who is anchored in him, and focusing on Him alone eliminates distractions that life flings our way thereby enabling us cling to our visions which of course, should be in line with God's vision for us. The keys to the kingdom of greatness? Believe...in God.