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Muhammad Mercurial
A serving corp member at the Nigeria Customs Headquarters @ Nigerian Customs Headquarters Maitama. Abuja
A serving corp member at the Nigeria Customs Headquarters @ Nigerian Customs Headquarters Maitama. Abuja
I AM PROUD OF YOU
<p style="text-align: justify;">We have become a generation</p><p>that wants the crown</p><p>but hates the weight of it.</p><p><br/></p><p>We want harvests</p><p>from seeds we never planted.</p><p>We want applause</p><p>for battles we never fought.</p><p><br/></p><p>We want the results,</p><p>but we run from the process.</p><p><br/></p><p>Wishing is not a strategy.</p><p>Dreaming is not labour.</p><p>And prayer is not a replacement for action.</p><p><br/></p><p>God is not a magician.</p><p>He is the Righteous God.</p><p><br/></p><p>You cannot keep asking heaven for a harvest</p><p>while refusing to touch the soil.</p><p><br/></p><p>You want the same results</p><p>as the person who studies while you scroll,</p><p>prays while you mock,</p><p>builds while you sleep,</p><p>and keeps going while you complain?</p><p><br/></p><p>Then ask yourself:</p><p><br/></p><p>What exactly have you done to deserve the same result?</p><p><br/></p><p>When I say,</p><p>“I am proud of you,”</p><p>what am I proud of?</p><p><br/></p><p>The certificate?</p><p>The money?</p><p>The applause?</p><p><br/></p><p>No.</p><p><br/></p><p>I am proud of the nights nobody saw.</p><p>The discipline nobody celebrated.</p><p>The failures you swallowed quietly.</p><p>The days you wanted to quit</p><p>but chose to continue.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because the road to the throne</p><p>has always passed through the cross.</p><p><br/></p><p>You don't wake up at the summit</p><p>without bleeding on the mountain.</p><p><br/></p><p>And remember this:</p><p><br/></p><p>Memes may occupy your attention.</p><p>Books sharpen your mind.</p><p><br/></p><p>Entertainment can fill your hours.</p><p>Knowledge can build your future.</p><p><br/></p><p>You cannot feed your mind with nothing</p><p>and expect it to produce something extraordinary.</p><p><br/></p><p>Everybody wants to be remembered.</p><p><br/></p><p>But very few are willing</p><p>to become worthy of remembrance.</p><p><br/></p><p>Everybody wants the throne.</p><p>Few can survive the cross.</p>
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