Phases of life

"The important thing is that we must be constantly moving forward - yes, the progressive realization of a predetermined goal. And our growth should never end."
- Og Mandino

The best thing that will ever happen to a man is moving from one phase to another and there are changes and development happening on the way. Phase is a distinct period or process of change and development. Change is surely a constant thing because the world is always changing, so are people changing too. Things are revolving and evolving. Innovations here and there and before you know it, there is a new thing to replace the previous one. 

In every individual, there are phases which start from birth. Gradually, the child learns how to crawl, take a step, move slowly and fast, then learns how to walk and stand on his own. Life is in four phases which start from "Infancy - Youth - Middle years - Old age". For each phase in life, there is development and learning. This is not where I am heading to this morning. 

Phases of life in relation to my article is about an individual moving from one habit, routine, character to another. It is all about moving from one place to a greater place. 

As a drug addict, you have been so addicted that you find it possible to stop it, even after listening to people's advice and encouragement for you to leave it. At that point, you are in a phase of life where you think you are satisfied with it and no one can stop you from changing. Along the line, you developed an ailment that almost took your life due to the drug that has eaten deep into your body system. 

During your ailment, you thought of dying and remember those teachings and how you refused because you feel you know it all and nothing can happen. At that moment, you start learning and developing yourself and praying to stay alive which makes you determined to stop such a way of life.

When you finally come out of it, you already developed yourself and learnt that taking drugs and alcohol can destroy your health. You completely abstain from drugs and live a good life which you now find meaning to. At that period, you have transited yourself from one phase to another. Another phase of living well without drugs or alcohol has started. 

When you just lost a loved one and gone into depression because of that. A new phase in your life will start when you decide to keep moving on because no matter what happens, we still get to move on with our lives while the dead are gone. 

As a young lady who is still single and still enjoying her life with different men, you are in a phase of life that seems good to you. The phase may take longer or shorter depending on your seriousness and when you meet a man who is ready to take you in, you both get married and your name changed from Miss to Mrs. Know that a new phase of being a married woman has changed from the previous one.

During your period of staying single, a lot of learning and development must have taken place. Like listening to relationship talks, parents lashing you with words to get married, saying all sorts of things to your face, your friends getting married, etc. There would be that time when you would have learnt a lot and would develop yourself for the next man coming for you. 

So also a student who graduated and is still at home unemployed. A phase of being jobless has started. He would try his best submitting a CV, going for interviews and after many years, he would get a job. The next morning, he would dress up for work. Different learning has taken place in the process of him finding a good job and developing himself in other areas. A new phase as an employee has started. 

There is something we need to understand during each phase of our lives, is that we can never decide to stay stagnant and be on a spot without having to develop and train ourselves. Even if you do not get a job now, that doesn't mean there aren't areas where you can learn and work on yourself. You haven´t gained admission isn´t an excuse not to find a skill to build yourself in. For every new phase, there must be learning to take place. You must try to equip yourself and get ready for that phase coming into your life. 

When as a married man who was single before do not learn how to manage a home or be a responsible man, how do you improve or do best in the new phase you have started? There is a need for us to work on ourselves everyday. Do not stay static and expect to learn without moving out to take a step. 

You may have a bad attitude and decide to move to a new phase of inculcating the right attitudes to help you in life because without good traits in you, there wouldn't be an achievement. Your attitude determines your altitude. So, you must be ready to move from an old phase of life to a new one to make your life fulfilled and expect a great turnaround in your life. 

We cannot be limited and be confined to where we are when there is no progress, there is need to change and move out of your comfort zone into a new phase of life that guarantees success for you. When you are too lazy to get up and hijack yourself from an old phase to a new one, you will always have excuses rather than taking actions. Shun the habit of procrastination and take action immediately. 

It's a new week already and it is expedient for us to wake up and be fully active from now so the week can turn out to be productive for us. When you start your first day with procrastination and do not deem it fit to quickly hijack yourself into an active person, you cannot achieve your goals.

Thanks for reading

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