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Joe Ink
Student @ University of Abuja
Student @ University of Abuja
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<p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Every night, Michael sat on the edge of his bed and wondered if his life would ever become better.</p><p><br/></p><p>He had applied for countless jobs. Rejected.</p><p><br/></p><p>Started businesses. Failed.</p><p><br/></p><p>Asked people for help. Sometimes they ignored him.</p><p><br/></p><p>Even his friends had started moving ahead while he remained in the same place.</p><p><br/></p><p>One night, after another rejection email, he stared at his ceiling and whispered</p><p><br/></p><p> Maybe this is all my life will ever be.</p><p><br/></p><p>He almost gave up.</p><p><br/></p><p>But the next morning, something strange happened.</p><p><br/></p><p>He received a message from a company he had applied to months ago.</p><p><br/></p><p>They wanted him for an interview.</p><p><br/></p><p>He almost ignored it.</p><p>He thought it was another false hope.</p><p><br/></p><p>But he went.</p><p><br/></p><p>That interview became a job.</p><p><br/></p><p>That job introduced him to someone who later helped him start a business.</p><p><br/></p><p>That business changed his family's life.</p><p><br/></p><p>Years later, Michael sat in the beautiful house he once thought he would never afford.</p><p><br/></p><p>His mother was beside him.</p><p><br/></p><p>His younger siblings were doing well.</p><p><br/></p><p>And for a moment, he remembered that night when he almost gave up.</p><p><br/></p><p>He smiled.</p><p><br/></p><p>If only he could go back and tell that version of himself one thing</p><p><br/></p><p> Don't make a permanent decision based on a temporary chapter.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because Michael had mistaken not yet, for never</p><p><br/></p><p>He didn't know that the opportunity he had been praying for was already making its way toward him.</p><p><br/></p><p>He just couldn't see it yet.</p><p>And maybe that's where some of us are today.</p><p><br/></p><p>Struggling.</p><p><br/></p><p>Waiting.</p><p><br/></p><p>Wondering why nothing is changing.</p><p><br/></p><p>But perhaps your story isn't stuck.</p><p><br/></p><p>Perhaps you're simply standing in the chapter before everything changes.</p><p><br/></p><p>Some of the greatest things that will ever happen to you haven't happened yet.</p><p><br/></p><p>So don't give up on a life you've never lived.</p>
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