The world needs to see the picture you give to it; it is first-hand, authentic, and reliable. A beautiful picture of yourself and your cute smile inspires others. When you are gone, someone else would tell your story, someone else would put up or paint a picture of you, and you do not know which version of the story they will tell, so tell your story yourself

Fr. Valentine Umoh

Do not be shy to tell your story; it can inspire others. If you do not tell your story; you will not like the version others even your best friends will tell about you. If you do not take good pictures of yourself now that you are young, beautiful, handsome, vibrant, and energetic, you will not like an image of yourself when you grow old and weak. The world needs to see the picture you give to it; it is first-hand, authentic, and reliable. A beautiful picture of yourself and your cute smile inspires others. When you are gone, someone else would tell your story, someone else would put up or paint a picture of you, and you do not know which version of the story they will tell, and you would not be there to defend that version.

Examples: Among literary genres, the recurrent best sellers are mostly autobiographies. Are we to think of Treasure in Clay of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, or God or Nothing of Robert Cardinal Sarah?  Or Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. What was their secret? All three and other examples share in their common effort to tell their own story to inspire others. Treasure in Clay, God or Nothing will keep running out of stock a few days after new copies are printed because they keep inspiring a lot of people both religious and secular. Things Fall Apart became one of the best African novels ever written simply because it was one of the earliest attempts to tell or narrate the story of colonialism from an insider´s perspective.

Lessons: No one else can tell your story better than yourself. Many people are said to have been inspired and influenced positively by the stories that others tell about themselves. Everyone has a story to tell. No one will leave his to tell your own story. If they do, it may be for some gain or ulterior motives.

Tell your story yourself…

Be proud about it

No matter how dark the story is, light can be drawn from it to inspire others.

It´s your story! 

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