Guess
what! I ran into Lucy today. Hope you remembered the little lady who was
weeping after she scored 5/10 in test yours sincerely supervised.
If you haven’t read the
story, quickly rush over to http://papammeso.blogspot.com.ng/2016/12/how-i-painted-big-picture-for-my-little.html
and read it up right now.
Well I saw Lucy yesterday.
The exam is over and you can feel the tension seeping away like water running
into a drainage system. Life has returned to normalcy again.
She
was descending the staircase while I was heading in the opposite direction. It was
a couple of weeks ago that we stood on the same staircase and I tried making
her see the big picture and stem the flood of tears running down her eyes.
She
greeted me and I quickly asked her.
“So
how was the PHE result?”
She
smiled, “I got 58/60.”
“Wow”
I exclaimed.
I
remembered telling her that 55 or 50 over sixty will be a great one. But scoring
58/60 took me by surprise. And she was glad too. She bit her expectation. I hope
she does not forget such an experience in a hurry.
“So
is there any need for crying?” I asked her.
She
laughed a bit… guess too shy to answer.
I politely
dismissed her and she whispered “Thank sir”
Nothing
bits the bigger picture. Start selling it to your child today. Convincingly tell them where they will be in the next 5 years. How successful and
enterprising they would have become by then. It is a sure way to navigate the
challenges that stands between them and those lofty goals.
Gotta
run. Lucy maybe performing tonight. Have to go watch her.
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