THE POWER TO CAUSE CHANGE

Hello cherished readers, Noeses is back to continue the Revelations of Progress series. If you have missed any part of this series, don’t worry; you can still follow from here. But if you want to actually be on the same page as everyone else, you can read previous posts from “Revelations of Progress: An introduction” to “Write Your Own Praises and History Will Remember You”. Now, let’s go!

Please study the following scenarios carefully and stay with me:

On the 11^th of February, 1847, a man was born who would become a world renowned inventor and businessman. He held many patents in his name in different countries around the world. Notable among his inventions is the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. He virtually lighted up our homes in a completely different way. His name is Thomas Edison.

Popularly tagged as the King of Pop, Michael Jackson created Music that transcended genres. His number one album, Thriller conquered racial divides. Michael redefined the roles of music videos and dancing in popular Music.

As an English poet, playwright and actor, William Shakespeare’s mark in literature cannot be overemphasized. Shakespeare who is considered the greatest writer in the English language, wrote comedies, histories, tragedies and tragicomedies. His 38 plays as well as 154 sonnets, capture themes and emotions that continue to be the most entertaining concept today.

Nelson Mandela is the man who sacrificed a greater part of his youth and life to the fighting for an end to apartheid in South Africa. After spending 27 years in prison he became the first elected president of post-apartheid South Africa.

The Catholic Nun and Charity worker, Mother Teresa spent 45 years of her life looking after the poor, sick, orphaned and dying. She received numerous honors including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

As one of the most significant and celebrated sports icons in the 20^th century, Muhammad Ali was an American Olympic and professional boxer who proved not to be the greatest only in the ring but the greatest outside the ring too. I agree with Piers Morgan’s statement that; “he taught us to dream, to dare, and to fight for what we believe in”.

Now, after a thorough read and careful study of the above stories, what trend do you see? What is common to all the above people? Do you see what I see? The first thing that probably comes to mind is the fact that; they are great people who made some kind of difference in the world. Are we on the same page? If we are then that’s a very excellent and somewhat easy observation. Now, the observation that’s most important to me is the fact that they all changed the world in completely different ways in different field of endeavors. I believe that every human makes the grand entrance into this universe as a unique being with a unique mission. The Muhammad Alis and the Michael Jacksons all did it differently. This brings to mind the one thought that I have been stressing for some time now that; don’t be afraid to be different for your power lies in your uniqueness. We see a lot of greatness and beauty in life because of diversity. It’s true and will always be true that variety is the spice of life.

The above icons were able to make a difference in this world because of one thing. Can you guess what that is? The truth is there could be several one things but what I intend to let you know in this post is that; “they unleashed their power to cause change”. And as I said previously, they expressed this power in completely different ways. It’s important to note that the icons are not any different from any of us. We all have the power to cause change deposited in us. It’s within all of us; all we need to do is to exercise the freedom to express it as uniquely as possible and in the best way possible. Our ability to express our power to cause change in the best way possible depends on our ability to write our own praises and it is in writing your own praises that you can experience true progress.

We all have the power to cause change. The only difference is that we express or manifest this power in different ways. And our key to experiencing true progress lies in our ability to exercise the freedom to express our power to cause change as uniquely as possible.

Imagine how the world will be if there were only scientists and no musicians or comedians or writers etc. just imagine.The message here is simple; express your power to cause change in the best way possible by writing your own praises.

The question however remains; how do you write your own praises? Don’t worry,  Noeses will come your way with that in our next post titled: How to Write Your Own Praises. This is the Revelations of Progress Series. Do you see what I see? Cheers!