If we don't get there

Welcome back to school is in the air and there is the usual initial laziness to resume on one part and some others can't wait to start attending classes because like me, their holiday was one long stretch of boredom..anyways, either way we are bound to resume in full throttle whether we like it or not and we realize the common denominator amongst student during this period is the skepticism about the new subjects and pondering if it would be simpler or more difficult then the previous ones they have done.and with this skepticism comes a determination not to fail these courses no matter how difficult they get and we struggle to get good grades one way or the other..
I was thinking about this typical resumption scenario and I found out that it is closely similar to our journey in life..
I got a year older some few weeks back and I asked myself "what have I achieved"??I felt as if I was leaving behind an old session and moving into a new session and I internally made a resolve to make this new session which metaphorically means my next 12months before I clock another year again, significant.I told myself I don't want to be in the same spot spiritually,financially and in all other important spheres of my life.thus I want to be better as I grow older.This is closely similar to what we go through in school, we want to get better results as we step into a new session and even though we hear that as we get higher in the faculty so does the courses get tougher,we don't listen do that discouraging tune.we try as much as possible to make the next one better.but you know what I have noticed??most times people stay on the same spot,we really want to get the As and Bs and as little Cs as possible but most times its almost the other way around,why is this so? Maybe its because we are not totally ready for what the session or what life has in stock for us and then when we meet the obstacles we stagger like a solder who goes to war and when he sees the might of his enemy he stands rooted to the ground, transfixed with fear for he can't even run back.
We realize that as we strive in life to be better and amaze ourseelves and make our parents proud!we just sometimes fall short of our expected results and then the self pity and sadness and grief comes into play.
Some blame the lecturers, some blame God some blame themselves and others don't blame at all.
So I asked my self what if the experience we go through as students is going to be synonymous with what we go through as adults??what if we end up not marrying that beautiful lady or handsome rich young man,what if we end up being childless and have to adopt a baby, what if we never become as financially buoyant as we want to be,what if our dreams and aspirations doesn't turn out to be what we want them to be,what if our spouse dies 10years after marriage and we end up being a widow or widower,what if we get fired from our job what if we don't become as great as we envisioned ourselves to be while growing up??,would we crash and burn or rise up and triumph because we humans have a way of always expecting the good things in life to happen us so that when tragedies strike, we stagger and sometimes fall because we don't have the mental shock absorber to make us resilient to such trials..
Therefore what I am saying is in as much as we engage in out daily pursuit of happiness,let's always put it at the back of our minds that human propose but God dispose.let us hope for the best but if the worst comes let us face it like warriors and brave through the storm like ferocious wolves finding their way home.Let us always submit ourselves to the ultimate will of God and know that if He says failure in something is for our good then it sure is..Let us have a strong heart,Let us have no fear
Therefore my word for today is :Strong Heart No fear for whatever comes our way we shall persevere let's be ready for the worst but hope for the best and whatever we get let's give God our thanks..
To the resuming students I wish us all a wonderful session and may our expectation in this new session not be cut short.till we meet again guys..this is the life and times of Badmuz Ray Karter..