We have a common saying in my hood that goes like this: "The work that will pay you heavily will not stress you." This is very true and aligns with the popular tag "Life is not balanced," because we have seen people work their entire lives and, in the end, earn just a penny or achieve very little, while others do just 1% of what those people did and get massive results. How would you explain that? Isn’t that a clear example of how life is not balanced?
However, there are also people who believe in working very hard to achieve the results they want, and most of the time, this approach works too. This has happened to me, and that’s what I want to share in this blog.
During my secondary school days, I wasn’t poor in mathematics, but I had issues passing the subject in my final high school examination. In my country, English and Mathematics are compulsory subjects that one must pass to qualify for admission into tertiary institutions. I took the first exams (WAEC and NECO), and while I passed all the other subjects, I failed Mathematics and English. With such a result, I had to resit for the exams.
Like I said earlier, I wasn’t bad in Mathematics—maybe I was in English—but for Mathematics, definitely not! I was at least an average student in it. Unfortunately, the school system and the marking criteria required students to be above average in order to pass such subjects. That was when I decided to dedicate my time to Mathematics. I enrolled in a tutorial class for Mathematics but completely ignored English because, in my mind, it didn’t make sense for me to study it. I believed I had enough knowledge of the basics, such as Oral English, Letter Writing, and Essays, so I didn’t see the need to put in extra effort.
In my Mathematics class, I was very serious, highly dedicated, and even did personal deep studies after the lessons. I focused on common topics that frequently appeared in the exam, such as Graph Plotting, Algebraic Equations, Simultaneous Equations (using all the different methods), Sets, and many others. Thanks to the teacher who organized the tutorial class, Mathematics started appearing so easy to me.
When I sat for the next exam, I passed Mathematics with ease—but English became my stumbling block. That was when I realized that if I had put the same effort into English as I did in Mathematics, I would have scaled through as well. Even though I had to resit the exam again because I wanted to earn a merit in English to proceed, I was deeply fulfilled by the previous result where I had finally conquered Mathematics. But guess what? I still found it so hard to enroll in an English class—no way! You don’t want to know the result of the following exam! 😂
That Mathematics experience really showed me that we can get results—matching results—if we put in the necessary effort, as long as there are no other resistant forces such as bad luck or spiritual hindrances.
Thanks for reading.
😂😂 bad luck and spiritual hindrance?
I admit you got me, I wasn't expecting that last part. 😂😂
Your experience speaks volumes and carries truth but no forget say, life no balance.
This happened to me too
No be lie. Life no balance. That is why we always say "on God".