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SIT DOWN
Students are not exempted from the rat race syndrome. If you get into any higher institution, you will observe the continuous movement of scholars from one part of the institution to another. There is a belief that we should be moving and if there is no movement of scholars, the university environment is considered odd or cold.
I had that notion too that I had to get moving. I had to know the happening places around town and the campus and I needed to feel the pulse and know the latest happenings. The time however it took to get this accomplished could have being used to study hard for my exams.
There is the temptation to always be on the go. It seems to be the in thing that one must be here or there or even everywhere. We are never tired of going but we seem to get tired of sitting. Sitting down for so long isn’t fashionable. The latest designer wears reveal themselves when the wearer stands, the most beautiful of ladies are only fully appreciated when they stand. Standing seems much easier and most appreciated.
In spite of all these eternal wrangling that pushes us to want to be on the go, those who actually succeed and pass examinations have to sit down longer than normal. You will need a new friend “chair” to partner you for this exercise. Mr. Chair is the secret behind those who pass examinations. He provides the platform to drag you to a position for gainful study. If you can’t sit, you can’t study.
My personal experience has been the platform upon which I have written this work. I loved football and spent most of my youthful time at it. The times I sat down were when I was either eating or watching television or when I chose to sleep. I was popular all around my little town because I had being to everywhere around her. That wasn’t however what I needed to pass examinations. I needed to sit down for longer and this time with my books.
The pressure to succeed and pass examinations was hard on me. My father was a diehard success enthusiast. I just must pass my examinations convincingly or head somewhere else. He had even offered me an option. It actually dawned on me during my senior highschool days that I had being wasting all my time playing away when I should have being sitting and studying.
For the first time, I eloped desire to use the library. This happened only after my teacher had commented about my playful nature in class on my report sheet and I received the beatings of my life from my dad at home. From then, I began to sit more often. I sat during breaks in school and during free periods with my books. My brain was still developing and it was a bit a challenge for me but I sat down at my book for the first time. I interacted more often with my school library even though most times I read way out of what I should have being reading. The more I read, the more I knew. Yet I had the challenge of sitting for so long. Till now, I don’t enjoy sitting so long but I’ve learnt to sit anyway because that's the secret to successful people.
A preacher shared a personal true life story to his congregation. He had failed to measure up in his academics through his lifetime at high school. He could not read. One day however, he met a friend who told him that he would help him with reading. The first advice this friend offered him was "sit down." It didn’t seem possible that he could sit for long because he was used to being busy moving from one act to another. But then he sat.
I’ve understood overtime that those who sit more will sooner be made to stand more and have people stand for them. Those who rush to stand will be forced to sit because they were unprepared for the responsibility of standing right. Standing is a huge responsibility and it requires one becoming an authority, this authority which only comes when one sits to study.
The benefits of siting are enormous
That moment you are thinking you just have to jump to that next act, just take a seat and sit. You don’t have to rush. That next step requires you to just sit, relax, listen and read.