Self-Pity and Its Attendant Woes
Posted: Thursday, June 05, 2008
by Paul Elechi Agwu
http://www.getinfinitesuccesstoday.com
Self-pity is one act that you must never get involved in if you want to create an enabling environment for success.
"The character, self pity is more destructive than the sound of it. Self-pity is a silent killer, it destroys gradually. It is more like, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It is a horrible disease" REV. PSTR. E. C. EMERUWA.
Self-pity is the act of under-estimating the abilities in one's self. It is the act of self limitation. Self-pity is one of the facts that made many great men live and die like cowards. It is the cause of so many talents that are wasted. And what many do not understand is that the more you reflects and take cognizance of negativity, the more damnation you accrue to yourself for more horrible experiences. If you keep looking at what you have you will never see what you will have.
He (ELIJAH) asked that he might die: "It is enough; now O Lord, take away my life for I am no better than my ancestors" 1 KINGS 19:4; NRSV. Self-pity will make you equal yourself with ordinary men. Who is he that says you are not better than those that were before you. Self pity will make you want to stop. Self-pity reduces you to an ordinary person. Self-pity will make you whine instead of winning in the face of adversity. Self-pity will make you loose control and be controlled.
You have to learn to reject the worn out path of success. Oh! I am an orphan, education is meant for those with money and sponsors. I am satisfied with the level I am; at least I can eat twice a day. Everybody knows that nobody is there to help me. That you've stopped ploughing will not turn the hand of time to a stand still. The clock ticks, the earth rotates, seasons come and go and changes occur within and without. It always amount to nothing but perpetual want and indebtedness to stop while nothing stops.
My parents left nothing for me, but I have wife and children even though we are managing. I am alright. Ah! They are those that were born with silver spoon in their mouth let them do it. No! You can beat anything if you want. You have to be better off. Listen to what REV. E. C. EMERUWA has for you, "When I quit self-pity the God of heaven came to my aid and turned my situation around and I became better off". You can be better than what you are today, if you can quit from self-pity, and see that you are a reflection of abilities and possibilities.
He who always wants to be pitied pays hugely to earn it and as such profit less from this sentimental reward of self-reduction and wanton enslavement. Self-pity will deny you the opportunity for exposure and possession. Believe in yourself and the strength of God in you. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. That's another way to a big time champion. Where Christ is your strength you never can be beaten off. Yes! He lives. Don't hang the boot yet. Self pity breeds inferiority complex. Be yourself and believe in yourself.
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