For a baby almost given up on as a stillbirth, who did not have any spoon in his mouth, either plain or silver, to attain the zenith that he has attained by dint of faith, hardwork, determination and commitment to excellence, is immensely instructive and deeply motivating. That Prof. Mshigeni’s life philosophy has been inspired by the Biblical dictum ‘the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom’ is a bold statement that science and religion are not incompatible and a true scientist would always acknowledge God and believe in Him. His absorption of Nwalimu Julius Nyeyere’s words, ‘It can be done. Play your part’ also strikes one that all life is about our attitude. In other words, our attitude to God, to our fellow human beings, to our work and to life in general determines our altitude.
At this juncture, let me buttress my point on attitude with this little scientific truth I learnt somewhere with you in order to make life 100% successful. If each letter in the alphabet has a numeric value and its equal to that value in its sequence, then A
B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z is equal to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.
Thus, H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K = 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98%,
K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E = 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%,
L+O+V+E=12+15+22+5= 54%, L+U+C+K = 12+21+3+11 = 47%
(None of them makes 100%). Then, what makes 100%? Is it money, power, fame or what? Every problem has a solution, if only we change our attitude to it. It is our A T T I T U D E towards Life, Others and Work that makes OUR life 100% successful: A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E = 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%.
I am sure we can do everything, but not be the best in everything, can’t we?
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