Give It Your All

Giving up will never be the solution. It will be in our best interest to give it our all. The truth is life is not getting any better, so it’s up to us to give it our all or give nothing at all.

In the end hard, work pays off, so remember that if you give up now, you will have to start all over again. Never let obstacles block your view.

When I was a little girl, I always heard people talking about the future generation of my country. I wondered what it meant, until I got to secondary school. Only then I understood the true meaning of it. It is not up to us to decide what will happen tomorrow.

We are alive today to make a great impact on what to expect the next day. Never say it is too early to start with something. When you get the chance, don’t look back. Just give it all that you’ve got. It can be difficult to prioritise sometimes.

Once a teacher told me that if you want to succeed, choose to do what is boring and worthy in the end rather than choosing what is fun, but yet turns out to be a waste of time later. We all have the power, but if we are not hungry to see a better tomorrow, we won’t give it our all.

Giving it your all does not have to be a trend or something fancy. It simply has to be a desire from the heart. When storms rise, it does not necessarily mean that that’s the time to give it your all. Make it a habit.

Everyone can do their best if they choose to do so. Giving up is never the way out. It is a waste of time. The question is, why did you even start? Did you think it was going to get any easier? Well, let me share with you a little knowledge that I have acquired over the past years. I have heard many people complaining that the older they get, the more complicated life becomes.

At some point, I wondered to myself whether people make their own lives difficult the older they get due to the choices they make every day. The ones who don’t give it their all will die complaining of how unfair life is and those who give it their all will forever keep smiling and appreciating every situation they are faced with in life.

Life will not get any better if we don’t give it our all. Be the best you can be and believe in yourself. It is never too late. Only your eagerness will determine how far you will go. Be strong and be you!

Lydia Kambuta is a pupil at Khorab Secondary School at Otavi. Email her at lengakambuta@gmail.com.

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