I'm Malith Lokuhewa living in Colombo, Sri Lanka and loving husband and father of 2 years and 9 months old loving and playful son... Right now I'm working as an IT professional and would like to write my story who and what bring me to this profession..
Right now I'm 35 years old and this was happening about 25 years ago.. Then I was a 10 years old little boy.. My mother's younger brother was a Seaman and he was a very rich person more than us.. He has three sons and two is elder than me and one is younger than me.. One day me and my mother was travelling to there..
I came to know that my uncle's elder son had a computer.. Then I have never seen a computer and wanted to see it.. I visited to his room and then he was playing some car game on it.. I was wondering and watching it because I never had such an experience in my life.. So, I desired to play the game..
But I knew that he is not going to give me to play.. Then I went to my mother and told my desire to her.. Then she told it to her brother.. Then my uncle calls his elder son and told him that give me the chance to play the game with computer.. Then he takes me to his room and gave me a chance to play.. That was my first game playing experience in my life and couldn't win the game.. Then he gets big angry about me and blamed me, "You are a duffer and never be able to learn about computers.."
His words really hurt me and written in my heart very deeply.. At that moment I took it seriously "One day I'm going to learn a one character about computers more than him.."
Few years his words, torture to my mind and heart.. After my higher education I started few computer courses.. But I did not have a computer till I complete my computer hardware engineering course.. My parents didn't have money to buy a computer for me.. But I never give up and collected parts one by one and finally assembled at my own computer..
Since on I started my journey in IT field.. Right now I'm really happy about my career and now I'm sitting higher position than my uncle's elder son.. However, I came to my goal finally...
Finally, I would like share this beautiful quote with you :
Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
~Ralph Marston~
Thanks for sharing that uplifting (and challenging) story! I like the quote you ended with, it reminds me of a similar quote by Henry Ford: "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't -- you're right."