YOU ARE THE DISCIPLE OF YOUR OWN TALENT

  AM THE DISCIPLE OF MY OWN TALENT

If biography is about who you are then this is not my biography rather an experience on how  I discovered my talent during my hard times in my earlier life. This talent of a thing is in everyone. Some are blessed as multitalented while others are given only one talent. The most important for every person is to try look within or inside himself in order to reap the seed of his purpose while on earth. The more you water the seed, the more fruitful it becomes. You are responsible for your life. 

I AM THE DISCIPLE OF MY OWN TALENT

I am Obienyi Chinedu Batholomew. I was born in the great union of Ihejiako and Bridget Obienyi in the village named Agbama Amaidi Achara Uturu Abia State Nigeria.

I was 3 years plus when my father died. And I could remember our enjoyments and sufferings.

My family background was very poor. And we lived in two room’s house built with mod blocks with licking roofs more than 22 years.

I went to government primary school in my basics and came out with almost empty brain. But then, I can reason.

I was witnessing all events only in my memory and unable to share with anybody. I could recall choosing a secondary school to attend for myself because I was trying to make a choice. But my mother over shadowed me and redirected my choice with forces of angry words.

Then she decided for me. And I went to commercial secondary school. Since then, my mother has not decided for me again in my life.

All the subjects in my first term result were marked with red pen. This only indicated that I was a failure. And I was proud showing it to people and they were celebrating it only Emefu Chukwuebuka who explains it for me. He told me that I failed. This annoyed me. And I was saying this in my heart, why did those I showed it to the first place didn’t tell me? I understand that it takes courage to look at somebody no matter the age in the face and tell him, he is a failure. Only those who want you to improve can do that.

 

I would have been a failure in life if not…

 

I took charge of my life in my junior class 2 because my mother who is my only near helper wants to start training my younger sister Chinyere with her money earned from farming in people’s farm lands.

I battled in the field of learning with my teachers who used batting and sticks on me in teaching me how to think for myself. My classmates like Maureen Nwankwo and Peace Echendu whose companions I enjoyed in teaching me how to pronounce and spell and read as well.

If you cannot think for yourself – you cannot discover your faults.

See, if you cannot discover your fault that means you cannot grow, nor change your current erroneous state. There are no other way of growing accept by thinking on how to discover yourself. Discovery yourself means thinking for yourself and knowing the next necessary directions or actions to take in order to improve your life.

It is now that I discovered my errors then.  The errors were there because no one motivated me from the first place. I was doing everything for myself – not my cause but the environment I was passing through contributed.

In real sense, I need not blame anybody including environments.

I make another choice that my mother is not aware. What was the choice? I promised myself within that I would serve that purpose of motivation for others which I have lacked from the beginning of my life.

Our high intelligent principal Chief I.C. Azumara showed it through his examples of works but we could not recognize it. It was motivation that my classmates were offering to me but then I did comprehend it. Now I took it to heart.

Have you lived with an insightful widow before?

Gradually, I turned to a learning reader with the help of my class mates who laughs at me in my erroneous pronunciation of words and sentences. I discovered that it is in trying to learn that we truly know. After the process, I make a promise to myself to study more of my books in order to learn more to achieve the goal I was sent to accomplish by my lovely mother who made the best choice for me.

I cannot tell how I came to value the word motivation.

Maybe it could be out of my numerous researches on how I could improve reading, writing and drawing skills with my nice friend Onyebuchi Nwankwo who is also inquisitive in learning new things.

In our secondary school days, our seniors don’t come for us for motivations. It affected many poor students like us as some people later dropped out of school.

The struggling continues after secondary school.

But it was in secondary that I started writing poems like; The Immortal Moon, The Crying Birds and others that I did not value much. I was 19 years when I finished my secondary.

 

I finished but life has not finished with me. I set out the next year for other motivations about growth.

 

Buddha words read:  

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” - Buddha

I love speaking publically especially to secondary school students and village rutted individuals whose mindset has been reshaped by poverty and environment.

I love discovery and sharing of ideas with people. Am trying my best to be friendly but not working according to what people are telling me on how to live my life unless those I think upon.  I decided to choose my life. And I did follow my bliss.

 

I choose to write, motivate and think.

I then became a Writer, Motivational Speaker and a Free Thinker

I believe so much in enlightenment works and I like music and gym exercises.

I found out that people need motivations but many do not want to be the motivators themselves.

I promised myself to be different among others - I choose to be a motivator. I discuss ideas not qualifications. 

I have written so far three books now such as: Our Little World, Deep Down I Came Up and A Witch Encounter which they came as inspirations and life experiences.

I was surviving without fear but faith in my Creator. I acknowledged my challenges because they are there in front of me.

Nature has lots of good things for us if only we could bend down to master ourselves and do what we love no matter who kicked it off. Find out what is your purpose on earth. Listen to that inner voice that always wants to direct you.

 

There in the holy bible was written; "Seek you shall find. Knock the door shall be open. Ask and it shall be given. Believe and you shall receive" - Said Jesus Christ.

We are in a wide world and dynamic world with technologies influences.

I strongly believe that one who follows the Light shall not be afraid of the Dark. One who endures conquers. He who waits has everything.

I have set out to know more, do more, achieve more than the whole world is expecting of me. This could not be accomplished by mere sayings and day dreaming about it rather, with dedicated actions and faith in my gifts to help the people of the universe in my own level of inspiration and awareness. 

Make a decision today to live fully on your earthly purpose.