TWO STORIES I THINK ABOUT WHEN I FEEL LIKE GIVING UP...

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Hey guys, 
Just to highlight two stories about not giving up. 



Cheryl Strayed, in 1994,  decided to hike for 1,100 miles across the Pacific North West Trail in the United States. It’s about 80 miles from Lagos to Ibadan and that means that Cheryl trekked from Lagos to Ibadan more than 10 times.
In those 3 or so months trekking in the wild, she came face to face with wild animals and had to survive life-threatening weather conditions. She was not in the best shape to embark on such a journey but she decided to embark on it anyway. She didn’t stop when her boots gave way;  when she had run out of drinking water and money or after so many dangerous encounters.  In the end, she wrote a book called Wild to narrate what she had experienced, and that same story became the thing that launched her career as a writer. Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found became a New-York Times bestseller and was later adapted for screenplay.  



The second story is fiction and it is about Santiago in the book, The Alchemist. Santiago decides to embark on a journey to find a treasure so he sells everything he owns for his quest, but right at the beginning of that very journey, (as he touches down in a strange country) all of his money gets stolen from him. The supposed two-week journey ends up taking almost two years. However, instead of just finding a treasure, he learns to trade, learns a new language, learns to speak to the wind and the sun, becomes acquainted with a man who can turn metal to gold and saves an entire town from invasion.
Santiago’s story is mainly about pursuing a vision, but it also touches on the importance of being resilient in difficult times. The character cries for a long time after his money is stolen. However, the next morning, he gets back up and decides to help a trader arrange his wares, hoping to be rewarded with some food.
I think that we all need a measure of resilience in our lives. When I look back at the things in my life, I remember the sacrifices I had to make to achieve them. 
Finally, I believe that resilience is often driven by many factors which could include love, desire or hope. So, you must find that thing that drives you and that pushes you forward during difficult times.

-Tobi Amokeodo 

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