The Future From Behind

She is a top executive at one of the best corporate firms in the country. Earning a six figure income, she has an apartment in the better parts of the city where she lives with her handsome and industrious husband. Their marriage has never been any better. The doctor says she is one month pregnant with her first set of children- twins. Her husband's business is thriving and the executives at his company are always vibrant with ideas to increase productivity and profits.
Wow! What a splendid success story! Some might be thinking "mstchew, who's he trying to deceive here? Who's living that kind of life?" Well, I don't know about you but I know that lifestyle is what many Nigerians enjoy even with the way things are going in the country. That story above is the dream of many young people, including myself. A dream where everything's working perfectly fine, where there's absolutely nothing to worry about. It is possible to get to that point and fulfil that craving. I will show you one way you can achieve this. Just read on.
Have you ever watched a movie from the end to the beginning? Like from its last scene to its first? How did it feel or look when you did such, awkward? When you do this you get a sense of what the movie's all about. You can envisage what would have happened to get to such an ending. Nothing will take you by surprise as you watch the movie because you have seen the beginning from the end. But do you know you can use this same approach in your life? "How?" you ask. It's simply by doing the same thing with your dreams and goals. It involves vividly playing a mental video of your desirable future and rewinding that video to the present. Now, between that point in time and now, what did you do to get there? What steps did you take to achieve that dream of yours? Could it be to be a first class student, to get a high paying job in an oil company, to have a loving family, or to set up an N.G.O? The Wise Master said, "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. What is the first thing you will do? Won't you sit down and figure out how much it will cost and if you have enough money to pay for it? (Luke 14:28)". This has to do with planning and strategizing. You have to figure out the right steps to take to take you to where you want to go. For instance if you want to travel to a certain country, you must first be aware of where you are heading for and then how you will arrive there. Will you get there by flight, by seaways or by the road network? These are conditions you must ponder about before you take off on such a journey. Do you have a dream? Have you set SMART goals on how to get to the dream? What will it take you to achieve the dream? What did you have to sacrifice to realise your dream? Questions as such must not be left unanswered if one is to make it to his/her colourful and bright future.

Anything is possible, so also is the realisation of that dream. I believe in you. I believe in your dream. Do not give up. Keep at it and very soon you will breakthrough. Peace be with you.