PREPARATION

The Oxford dictionary defines the word prepare as “getting ready to do or deal with something”. Preparation is very important when one is looking at living a fruitful and meaningful life; especially when you work hard with a positive mind-set to achieve good results. It is also important to help deal with the unexpected during the course of anything we do or are currently doing. I will call this the “last preparation”, because there after you start perfecting your situations in life.

Just like a team of builders ready to build a house; they prepare the land first and then dig a foundation. They do this so that when the laying of the foundation commences, what follows after manages to stand firm. The house itself will stand firm against anything that has a potential of destroying it. Things like strong winds; heavy rains and some elements. They do this also to ensure whoever will reside in the house is safe. This takes good preparation on the builder’s part and they do this with the tenant to be in mind. Likewise in your life, each new day is a day for you to lay a new brick in your house (your life); to ensure that it stands still against all odds. Again you do this with your future family and current family in mind because they too will benefit from your success.

An athlete is another perfect example; they possess practical traits you can use to get motivated. Take Michael Phelps for example; one of the greatest Olympian of our time. He would not have achieved all the success he has in swimming if he had not prepared; preparation and repetition has awarded him success. Being prepared and not just prepared but being well prepared allows you to reach for greater heights. Please take note that; great things are not only those that make you famous or a celebrated individual; but also by and large those that you do without getting public acknowledgement (remember this). Being well prepared allows you the liberty to achieve what other people find as an impossibility. Consider this though; it is not easy to prepare yourself to do or deal with some things if the necessary discipline is not there. So bottom line is, with preparation one requires a certain level of discipline. Gather all the strength you can to discipline yourself and remain in that state of discipline for as long as you can.

Just as you spend many years in elementary school; college or university. This is not just to pass time, but this is a time of preparation for life. The quality of your life will be determined by the level of discipline and preparation you put into it. Therefore preparation is a stage in your life that you can never avoid.

“Preparation is accompanied by necessary discipline”