BE BOLD TO TAKE YOUR PLACE

36      BE BOLD

          “Few are born bold; some become bold by experience and many live, eat and die with cowardice”

When David heard of one stubborn, uncultured, huge, threatening Philistine named Goliath, he wasn’t timid to take the centre stage when the battle line was drawn. At a time he (David) knew the fight wasn’t for weaklings neither was it for mediocre nor feeble minded hence, he became brave as a true warrior that he was; inferiority complex left him, forthwith strength gripped him and the balm of victory quicken his fainting courage, then he began to see Goliath as an ordinary uncircumcised Lilliputian from the tribe of Philistine.

You must practice and develop your boldness, build your courage, enhance your skills and increase your source of strength. Most of us are timid hence, we want to avoid tension by all means; and dodge from obstacles that might lead to confusion or fears of failures. Above all, we wished to be chosen and reverenced by all – All these required our boldness, to open our doors of enviable greatness. Because a “Nation on civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men, purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan” – Martin Luther. So “If we want to achieve victory we should be ruthless” – Napoleon Bonaparte.