Day 270 of wisdom
“I was just tired of losing... Life was passing me by.”
Serena Williams
As a tennis player, she didn't start her carrier on a smooth ride, Serena Williams was not a force to reckon with at the age of fourteen when she took to the stage at a major tournament in 1995, she was dumped out at the qualifying rounds, and and in the following year did not appear in any tournament. In 1997, she returned and lost in three consecutive qualifying rounds, before upsetting then world No. 7, and world No. 4 later that year being ranked No. 304 in the world. In July 2002 Serena has risen to the No. 1 rank in the world. She has been world No. 1 for a total of 319 weeks third highest in history, and has won the 23 grand slams, the most by any player in the open era.
Serena has become a champion because she got tired of losing, she got tired of sitting and letting life pass her by, she was tired of seeing her dreams vaporise right before her eyes, so, she became determined to become a fighter, a goal getter, and ultimately a winner living her Dreams. Though the journey started very rough, she was not given a free ride to glory, yet she was not going to give up, she retreated, and came back, her return was not also too good but she kept pressing on until she got to where she wanted to be.
Your dreams can only be fulfilled when you are ready, willing, and determined to make it a reality. You must be tired of the status quo; you must be tired of falling, and failing; you must be ready to liberate yourself from your state of being a loser, and rise to the heights of dreams actualisation. She once said "I have always considered myself the best and the top. I never considered that I was out of it." To be a winner you must see yourself as a winner and never think less of yourself, you must see yourself at the top because, what you think is what you become.
If you don't pursue your dreams, no one will bring it to you; if you don't fight for what you truly want, no one will give it to you on a platter of gold; you don't get what you deserve in life, you get what you fight for. Though defeats might come your way, it must not weigh you down, you must learn to rise from every defeat a stronger, better, and more determined man, you must realise that defeats are part of the journey, and they must be used as stepping stones to your dream land. Life waits for no man, live the life of your dreams.
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