LESSONS OF LIFE

• I feared being alone, until I learnt to like myself.

• I feared failure until I realized I only fail when I don’t try.

• I feared success until I realized I had to try in order to be happy with myself.

• I feared people’s opinion until I realized people will have doubt about me anyway.

• I feared rejection until I learned to have faith in myself.

• I feared pain until I realized it was necessary for growth.

• I feared the truth until I saw the ugliness in lies.

• I feared life, until I experienced its beauty.

• I feared death until I realized it was not an end but a beginning.

• I feared my destiny until I realized I had the power to change my life.

• I feared love until it touched my heart, making the darkness fade into endless sunny days.

• I feared ridicule until I learnt how to laugh at myself.

• I feared growing old until I learnt I grow wiser everyday.

• I feared the future until I realized that life just kept getting better.

• I feared the past until I realized it could no longer hurt me.

• I feared the dark until I saw the beauty of the star-light.

• I feared the light until I learnt that the truth will give me strength.

• I feared change, until I saw that even the most beautiful butterfly had to undergo a metamorphosis before it could fly.

Prince Manu Barfo.

University of Ghana, Legon.