TO BE RICH & FAMOUS, GO BACKWARDS TO MOVE FORWARD By Yorbin Wayo

Sometimes, you have to go backwards to go forward. It’s funny how those who are truly successful and famous are usually people who were not really looking for fame and great wealth. They were simply following their passions which met the needs of others and they became famous in the process. 

It seems if you want to be successful and famous, you, more or less, have to forget about being famous and follow your passion; then fame and success will follow.  It is like when a car is about to start. It goes back a little before going forward.

Listening to several preachers who are experts on godly relationships, I have learned that the foundation of great relationships starts not with finding the right person, but being the right person. Again, I see this as going backwards to go forward.  You have to first forget about finding that ‘chasis’ guy or chick and concentrate on becoming a correct guy or chick. When you search inwards and become that great person you are meant to be, you will end up attracting the kind of person you desire and with God’s help choose wisely.  

Those who are really confident around others have not mastered the art of pleasing others but have become confident by simply being comfortable in their own skin. Again, this is a case of forgetting about what pleases others and looking inwards to decide what you think is right and conducting yourself accordingly. Those who are confident draw people to them like magnets because confidence is an attractive quality.

Parents who want to have good, well-behaved children and at the same time want their children to consider them ‘cool’, have to forget about being cool in their children’s eyes. Most adults who had strict parents most of the time turn out really good. I do not mean overly harsh and unreasonable parents, but parents who had a zero tolerance for misbehavior in their children; parents who made sure a child knew when he/she was wrong and meted out appropriate punishment for the wrongdoing. You’ll find that those who had such parents grow up and proudly recount stories of how they were disciplined by their parents to all who care to listen. Although they (the parents) were considered uncool at first but later, they always earned their children’s respect.

These are just a few examples.

What do you need to go backwards for in order to move forward? One I would want you to keep in mind is that in God’s kingdom, if you want to be great, forget about being great and important. Serve others.