The euphoria created by the victory of Barack Hussein Obama is yet to subside and I am not sure it will do so sooner. Every newspaper has one thing or the other to write about this history maker and I even read yesterday that babies are now being named Barack Obama all over the world. I am sure some adults will start filing for change of names pretty soon

Since the event of Tuesday, November 4th unfolded, I have been engaging in deep thoughts and asking questions about this man called Obama. Like I love doing, I have been looking for the lessons to learn from all these and I have discovered so much. I am just going to share five(5) with you today and I don’t think I will stop writing about this man for a while.

It has been a worldwide phenomenon that some selected few are chosen to become something in life. I am sure you would have been in a situation, or know someone who was, that you will think of someone being destined to be something that you may never become. Well, Barack has demystifyed that and the major lesson to learn from this is that anyone can dream.

Yes! Anyone can dream! It does not matter who you are, or where you come from, as long as you are living, YOU CAN DREAM!

Years ago, I learnt something from my Social Studies teacher that is now making Sense. The topic was Social Stratification and my teacher mentioned something that has stuck with me for years, since 1991. She said the fact that your parents are in one status does not mean you are bound to be in that status. She made it more interesting by saying the son of a farmer can become a Doctor or any other thing he wishes to be.

WOW! I was spurred by that statement though it made little sense to me then, but I have always been remembering it. Obama was underprivileged in every sense of it, but he chose to DREAM and my friend, we all can see where his dream has led him. You know what? It doesn’t cause a dime to dream and you need not short change yourself by not dream.If you haven’t been dreaming, NOW is the time to start because it will determine where your life will end up years from now. My mentor, Jim Rohn, said five, ten years from now, we will all end up somewhere but the major question is where? Our dream determines the where.

Another lesson I learnt from Obama is that no dream is too big to achieve. If you happen to have been to a village and see how the people there live, you will know it will be very difficult for the son of a farmer to become a Doctor or even the President of a nation, but dreams don’t have corelations with background or circumstances. No matter what we think about, no matter how big it is, we can achieve it! It is as simple as that.

I have used the art of dreaming to bring about so many things in my life. What I am doing now, has been as a result of the dreams I had when I was a nobody. When I was finding it difficult to make ends meet, I was always dreaming and I am NEVER surprised of the result I am getting now. I have listed some of the the things I have been able to do in time past, just browse through the articles on My Story and you will discover them. With Obama’s story coming into the fore, I have started going crazy with my dreams now. In weeks to come, I will share one dream I am having now and I am sure it will leave a lot of people dazed. I am sure of it’s coming to pass as long as I can dream it.

Obama’s dream to so many people was an impossible one, a white elephant project but so was Joseph’s, Ted Turner’s. The Wright Brother’s and so many dreamers’ dreams. Imagine a black guy who happens to be in the minority, 13% of Americans are Blacks, aspiring to the highest post in the land. It is just like a dullard aspiring to come top of the class the next term. This made me remember a guy I went to Secondary School with. He told me, after we left school, that he has always been challenged by those of us that take the lead position in our set. He used to be an unknown quantity when we are in the Junior Secondary School but started dusting everyone right from SSS1. He told me he made up his mind to do all he needs to, to come tops. I was dazed by this and this is dream in ACTION!

I am sure Obama was watching the likes of George Bush (Snr.), Bill Clinton and Bush (Jnr.) and was telling himself, “I can become like this people, they don’t have two heads and I’m not sure they are better than me.” I am sure he started dreaming of being in their class immediately that thought came to his head and look at where the dream has take him to. My friend, anytime a thought comes to your mind, just believe! Don’t wish it away by saying it is impossible because Barack has thought us all that nothing is impossible, no dream is too big to achieve.

I want you to digest these two lessons and I will continue tomorrow with the rest of the lessons. What is it that you have been dreaming about? Do you have any doubt about realising it? Let the life of Barack be an inspiration to you as from now one just believe that you can achieve whatever you dream about, no matter how big it is, no matter what people say or think about it. We all can achieve our dreams. Let me leave you with a quote I discovered after November 4th:

“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” - William Faulkner

This is to you success as you become a BIG dreamer!

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