nn ‘Your approach to life they say, determines what you make out of it’; to buttress this expression, is the similar computer jargon quote-‘garbage in garbage out’. The only true benefit that exists for corpers will never be fathomed if corp. members don’t change their view and approach to the nation’s call to service. Do we view it as an experience to be endured, enjoyed, invest or otherwise? A glass of water half filled with water can seem half full or half empty to different people depending on how they choose to see it. The benefits of NYSC exercise is way past just traveling, exposure, interactions, adventure and money-making embankments. Let us see the big picture to it!
Do we know that man’s principal involvement in life is ‘to influence’ and ‘be influenced’? It’s the reason he toils and then relates with people after toiling. Let’s keep it simple, ‘living is complete when you have profitably influenced someone else’. ‘The greatest benefit provided by NYSC is the easy and free platform provided for corpers to be national Heroes’.
Well of course in life; some people dare to dream while others don’t, sometimes because they lack the means of achieving their goals once set. Well, whichever you are, here is what lies beneath NYSC’s experience for you:
For those who already have dreams to be influenced and to influence, whether you nursed such dreams as ones to be achieved locally or otherwise, there is a chance for you to nationally raise and inculcate all such dreams fitting them into the provisions of NYSC for you. Examples of such rare provisions are: the socio-economic interactions developed in the places you are posted to, entitlement to project financing, community development projects, opportunities to take up primary, secondary ….. Assignment as relating to your needs, not to mention the avenue created for exploring or influencing the culture and religion suitable for your benefit.
For those who have no dream yet, Martin Luther King said- ‘I have a dream’; once he dreamt, a great beacon of hope was provided to a million Negro slaves. What are you waiting for? With all the opportunities at your disposal as listed above, identify yourself with the problems and burden of this nation and proffer a solution
Please coppers know that you are potential heroes for your country for as long as you serve.
