Keep the fire burning
DON'T LET YOUR HUNGER FADE
Hunger is not just the emptiness of the stomach that causes it to rumble, but that which burns in your heart. The one that keeps you up at night with wild, beautiful ideas; the one that makes you keep hope alive; that keeps fueling your belief of a better tomorrow, and brings you to the realisation that there is more to who and what you are. That hunger is your compass, it is the raw, untamed energy of your potential; it is the fire you were born with.
Sometimes, routines throw cold water on your fire, rejection tries to put them out, but you must never let your fire go down. People will tell you to be satisfied, to be grateful for what you have, which you must, but they also subtly suggest that you turn down the heat, that you soft-peddal in your pursuit of that which you earnestly desire, that you accept your situation. That is when comfort becomes a cage, and the security of the known becomes a sedative for the soul.
That hunger is not a phase, it is not naivety, it is something you are born with, it is the very fuel that drives every engine that is meant to produce greatness in you. It is the desire to do the things that others will not do. Starve a hunger long enough, and it dies; feed it, and it grows stronger; feed it with new skills, with books that challenge you, with conversations that stretch your mind. Consume knowledge that makes you uncomfortable, and your hunger will grow.
Surround yourself with the kind of people you want to become. If your environment is bland, your hunger will fade. Find the people who are still hungry, the ones with a glint in their eye, and a fire in their belly. Their heat will warm you, their drive will ignite your own. The world will try to make you full, it will offer you complacency on a platter and call it success, do not accept it. A full belly makes for a lazy soul, but a little hunger keeps you sharp, alive, and hunting for the next big thing.
To a better you, Kamikun John.
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