The success of Francis O'Dea

You've probably never heard of Francis O'Dea but if you live in Canada, you're probably very familiar with the coffee house company, "Second Cup".
Francis grew up in Toronto, Canada and was sexually abused at age 13 and around that time he’s starting drinking. Life quickly went downhill and before long he was homeless. He had to beg for change in order to survive. For 6 months he lived on the streets with no clue as to what he wanted to do or how to get out of his current situation.

But with his patience, hardworking and persevering attitude he had made into success and wealthy life today. Happily, today Francis O'Dea is a multi millionaire. As he says, "One year I was broke, the next year I was a millionaire." He changed his life by focusing on what he wanted. He got a job and slowly started to turn his life around.4 years later he opened a little coffee shop and called it "Second Cup". Second Cup is now one of the largest Coffee Shop chains in Canada.

These stories of sacrifice and hard work which in turn a story of success had been told several times in our lives. Many of us look on it as an inspiration that of what we are dealing now, the difficulties in life whether financially, emotionally and even spiritually. With this experience of others like what had happen to Mr. Francis O’Dea who had suffered the bitterness of life had that great courage within to overcome the problem he had and even sexually abused that’s a problem we can easily overcome but he had showed the courage within itself would always give well unto you.

Unforgettable Experience

They say experiences would teach us with different lessons. May it be good or bad, we can learn out of it. Others would cherish their experiences, remembering those times and use the lessons they learn whenever they would encounter that same situation.

In my 18 years of existence, I’ve been having hundreds of experiences. With all of this I can’t forget my experience in my freshmen life in Mountain View College located in Valencia, Bukidnon. It is not easy to live and pursue my college life away from my parents. Most especially that I am in a new environment, away from what I am used to, which in return I need to adjust. From the lifestyle, to my everyday routines, food, time management, obeying the rules and regulations of the dormitory and to the new people I have encountered all of this I need to adjust. In my 2 months of staying in that said place I had hard times of adjusting adding the loneliness away from my family. There is one time that I keep on crying in my bed because I can’t understand what I feel, I’m tired and lonely. But I don’t have any choice but to continue and strive to adjust and also do my best in my studies that’s why I worked hard balancing everything. Until I finally had adjust in my environment and I have lasted there for 1 year.

Hens forth, with that experience, I learned that it takes hard work and patience for you to adjust in a new environment you live. That’s why I am trying to learn in becoming patient and to get with others and understand on what they really are effectively I can adjust easily.

A CARPENTER’S GIFT

Based on the story entitled “a carpenter’s gift” there are two personalities being emphasized, the wall builder and bridge builder. Wall builders are those defined as the one who can build gap over two individuals and while bridge builder are those person who can serve as the instrument for reconciliation to individuals having bad relationships.

For me, it is better to become a bridge builder than to become a wall builder. Because situations like conflict between individuals deserves a bridge builder to act as a middle man, doing the best, to bring back that good relationship. You can be an effective bridge builder if you can learn to listen and learn carefully the situation, balancing it and doing what is most favourable one that can settle the problem. Morally and spiritually it is important to do righteous things such as to become an instrument for reconciliation. It can have good feeling when you are effective bridge builder. It has that innermost happiness and contentment seeing individuals’ building again there good relationship because of our effort. Realizing that we have fix such conflict and not throwing a wood on the fire which is not an righteous act. Remember that God had teach us to become righteous even in simple ways and we ought to do that.

No one stops to say Thank YOU!

Thank you, welcome, sorry, please, this are just simple and short words but as we express it to other people this can have great effect, giving that pleasure emotionally . If these words would just be said with sincerity and respect, I am sure hearing this one would make us feel relief and contented.

Manners, this is essential tool to build good relationship to others, even those who don’t know us and likewise we also don’t know. This is an important food to us when we are still a child. We are thought to live with good social graces. Sometimes a have realize how lucky am I that my parents had teach me with good manners and conduct that even today they have always remind me to possess that ideal manners, like always saying thank you and sorry, that I should not respond to what my parents discipline negatively and other things that I can realize how important. I know that changes is constant in our world today, but we should always think that social graces should remain to be significant to all of us, for this is the important tool to build such a good relationship towards other. And with that we can all be productive feeling good recognizing good manners to other people.

That’s why I always think that when I have my children in mere future, should teach them with good manners and when it comes the time that they will be grown up, they would possess that and seeing that makes me proud and contented.

The story of Hani

The short but inspiring story of Hani shows how a persistent and hardworking heart can overcome any difficulties in life. I saw the great perseverance of Hani, even though she is not that gifted in terms of English speaking ability, she had asked help in a professor in that famous university to teach her English language. For me it is not easy to ask help for teaching English language for free, it takes that inner courage, which I admired Hani. For she didn’t hesitate to ask help in order for her to overcome that weakness of having poor in English language and to aim for a scholarship in college, which the professor cannot believe Hani can get.

Hani for me is an inspiration. She had that weakness, financially and academically. But with her persevere and undying heart, she had set that goal and worked for the attainment of that goal. For me as a student, when there are times those academic difficulties would come, we need to think that problems have solution and we ought to work to solve it and like Hani we need to possess that perseverance. We need to think of that goal we set, and keep working on it.

Unlike Hani fortunately I have the opportunity to study in this known university, which in return needs diligence to finish. I need to work hard and never waste the opportunity to be here in MSU-IIT. I know I can do it with the guidance of God but sometimes there would be moments of laziness and discouragements, but like Hani I will do my best to overcome this and always ask God’s guidance for he will not always guide those who are willing to work for goodness.

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My Mission in LIfe

Mission gives meaning and direction to one's life. It is a powerful guide in goal attainment.Only by realizing one's mission and doing hard for it, that's the time we can say that we are successful.

In my own I have a mission, a mission of having a good and stable life in the mere future.With this, realizing my mission I am like putting the pieces of a puzzle to make the word success. Being a young man in my age i am doing my best in my studies, wake up early to go in school, study my school lessons, doing my assignments and helping also my parents everyday. With this small things piece by piece I am doing my best to attain my mission. In working hard for my studies in future I can be successful finishing it. I can have my work and with constant patience I can see that I have attain my mission in life. But all things can't happen if God is not in me.

Everyday of my life I am always seeking God's guidance and help in attaining my mission. Sometimes there are obstacles and hindrances that can give difficulties in attaining my goal, but with God I am always hopeful that with his grace and my constant hard work I can be successful soon. Just always do your best and seek God to attain our goal.