After the cross-over procedure that activates Jake’s avatar body, the paraplegic’s sudden ability to walk gets the better of him and he begins to abuse his newly-found avatar legs. He gets up from the bed and knocks everything in the laboratory over in a bid to explore the use of the avatar body.
“…Jake! Listen to me; you need to sit down… You’re not used to avatar body… This is dangerous…” A worried doctor tries to call him to order.
But Jake, numb with intoxication, replies, “…this is great…” He breaks into a run and begins to wobble down the field recklessly, stirring up the concern of his colleagues.
"...Jake, you're not supposed to be running..." but he is already deafened by excitement.
If there is one thing that is common to us as human beings, it is our tendency to abuse our success. We prepare ourselves to succeed, but our plans stop right there. We rarely give thought to the need to prepare ourselves for the demands of living a successful life.
There is a difference between becoming great and being great. The latter is sequel to the former. And if you do not build your success on a strong personal chassis (foundation), you run the risk of the vibrations of success shaking your character so violently that bolts and nuts of value will give way one after the other. Engineers reading this will confirm the essence of firm connection in machine design.
The illustration above explains why people stumble on sudden fame and begin to gallop through life untamed. A teenage football star gets signed into a big club and first thing he does is throw a sex party, young rapper releases a hit album and turns alcoholic night crawler like a vampire fish, mummy’s boy gets a six-figure salary oil & gas job and starts drinking and clubbing cos he has arrived, Engr. Lagbaja wins a multimillion naira contract and launches a tear-rubber Murano even before lifting a hammer at the construction site… And in the end, we hear sad stories of scandals, sudden death, and debt among other disasters that characterize the steep decline of lives that would have otherwise made history.
Whenever I listen to I.K Dairo’s classic “F’eso J’aiye“, I hear a clarion call for a cool head in spite of the intoxication that comes with breakthrough. We should strive to become great; but more importantly we should strive to remain great.
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