Promise nothing.

Someone wants to know if you can make time to teach them English. Say NO. You don’t have time.

Another wants to know if you could visit their church on Sunday. NO. You will be at your own church on Sunday.

And there’s one old man who gives you a number to contact. You aren’t working and he thinks you should take up that job. NO. You are unemployed, yes. But you won’t jump onto any job that comes your way. Wait. And keep applying to the places you really like to end up. Out of hundred, one will call you.

Don’t be afraid of what people will think about you. Be stubborn. Be you.

Too many attempts to be of help to this one, and not wanting to offend that one, stagnates your life with too many needless commitments.

It is time to make time for you. There’s a time to give and a time to keep. Eat that food alone. Spend that money alone. Think first about your welfare and peace of mind. Be greedy.

It is good to give, to share and be selfless. We know. There are times you think of only you and you first.

You need time to discover you and this takes plenty of time, efforts and failures. And you are spending most of that time nursing someone’s baby, escorting people to places they can go alone, afraid to see people misinterpret your actions and motives.

What you don’t realize is that to truly give of yourself to the fullest to humankind, to truly be most effective in your calling, to leave an indelible impact on your generation, there’s a stage where you’ve got to learn to disappoint many people, you’ve got to be greedy and you’ve got to care less of what everyone thinks of you and your ambitions.