#LegendsDIARY: Why is my Own Like This? (Part 1)

#LegendsDIARY is a weekly initiative of this blog where Gabriel Olatunji-Legend shares his personal struggles, failures, experiences and triumphs - it's a no-holds-barred diary - this is the secret the average successful person will not share with you.

My name is Gabriel Olatunji-Legend and I am that guy with a past; I am that guy with a big dream like many people; I am that guy that wants to have it all even at an early age; I am that guy that wants to break world record but I consistently found out that instead of making progress, breaking records I seem to be stagnant and sometimes retrogressing. To make matters worse, I did not come from a well to do family but I grew up in the teenagers’ arm of a church where you are constantly challenged to go and become great.

As a teenager I have often heard words like "your mates are already presidents of corporations in other parts of the world". This word and others of its like have always been a source of inspiration to me and as a result I always wanted to create products and services that can be globally reckoned with and can be sold anywhere in the world. I have always wanted to be successful at an early age, I have always desired to impact my generation and become an epitome of excellence but it seemed like the more I tried the more I get disappointed. It seem like the more I read books the more I retrogress, the more I listen to an inspirational message the more my situation becomes worse, the more I come up with great innovative ideas the more it feels like the whole world is against me. I tried all I could, did all the book says to do but I will always get to that point where I’m sad and wish a miracle will just happen.

"Why is my own like this?" I always said to myself. "Will I ever make it in life? Them swear for me?". “Who are the witches from my father’s house that have not departed from me?”. “Will I die like this?” These are few of the thoughts that consistently ran through my mind in one of those days. When everything becomes so blurry and people even tell you to your face that the way you are going you will not amount to anything in life – these are moments when I just want to drop dead and leave these wicked world but I cannot explain how I still believed that my story will change for good... Did his story eventually change?

Find Out on #LegendsDIARY next week (Thursday), 6pm, on this blog. #LegendsDIARY is a true life story – a no holds back diary that reveals the secrets an average successful person will not share about their life.