Chapter 3

WHY PEOPLE POSSESSES A WEAK STRENGTH

There are many reasons why people possesses a weak strength. Some of them are:

1. Lack of Courage/Fear

A coward might have a strength but it can never be a strong one, because the fear in him already diminish his strength. His strength will always be weak entirely or partially. Lack of courage kills strength in people, which brings about fear and other vices like anxiety.

I can remember when I was in my secondary school. Back then, if a question was thrown in the class by our teachers, I don't stand up even when I know the answer to the question because,I had this fear and lack of boldness in me. This voice always keep saying "you might not get it right, so don't embarrass yourself ". I often listen to this voice and mindset that encaps me. I believed the voice was right. So to avoid this imaginary embarrassment or disgrace, I wouldn't stand up to answer any.

But on a very good day, some corpers happen to come to my school and made this meeting with us as an art students, since that was my department. We were thrown some questions and fortunately for me, I knew the answer right. But since that particular coward voice and fear has encap me, I just sat down not gesturing to answer the question. At this time, I told a friend of mine sitting beside me that I knew the answer. She was surprised to why I couldn't stand up to give the answer. To my amazement, she persuaded me to stand up and try my best. Unwillingly, I stood up and answered the question. To my greatest suprise, I got the answer to the question right. I was so surprised and excited. At the end of the day, I was awarded a prize.

The power of fear is great and extreme but can be conquered by the power of courage and a great strength.

2. Dead Hope

Hope is what we want or expect to happen or be true. A dead hope can be seen as follows:

a. A dead hope is an hope which is no longer alive.

b. It is an hope that has stop working.

c. It is an hope that has lost interest.

d. It is an hope that is irrelevant and lacks usefulness.

e. It is an hope that is weak, tired and ill.

f. It is an hope with no useful feelings.

g. It is an hope with little emotions that can drive one to success.

h. It is an hope that can't speak or stand out.

i. It is an incomplete hope.

j. It is an hope that is lifeless.

k. An hope that cannot be use but should be abandoned and renewed greatly.

l. A dead hope is an hope in trouble or danger.

One whose hope is dead would surely possesses a weak strength. Having a dead hope makes an individual a dead person, just like a living person living but living like a dead one. A dead person here doesn't mean someone who has died, it smply means 'one who doesn't have a dream or vision in life. A dead person is like an empty barrel, producing useless sounds or actions. Which only makes futile or meaningless sound and doesn't have anything good in him.

An hope is designed to build one up and not to make a person act lifeless.

An hope is designed to push one forward and not backward.

An hope is fashioned to make one develop a strong strength and not a weak one. Thence, always make your hope alive, so you can achieve alot in life.

3. Low Confidence

Confidence is the belief that you are able to do things well. It is also a belief that something is good and you can trust them.

Possessing confidence will make develop one into a confident person. Not just any level of confidence but an extreme high one. Many people who fail in achieving their dreams or goals are due to the problem of low confidence and it eventually makes one inherit a weak strength.

"I can do it" not just you saying this, but "I can do it well"and most importantly believing in yourself, making sure to do it good and great. This confidential quote can help to stabilize the confidence in you, assuring you that all forms of weak strength can be made vanquish.

4. Lack of Support

Support can be identified in the following terms:

a. to approve of and help.

b. to hold or bear weight.

c. to provide something necessary.

d. help to prove something.

Simply saying, support means help. When one does not have any supporter, one is likely to be weak. An instance, I want to lift an heavy load, but my strength isn't enough to lift it. The best thing to do is for me to seek support in lifting the load, this makes it easier for the load to be lifted. If anyone then support me, in this process, that person's support has been added to mine and will produce a stronger strength or power.

This illustrate that we can't achieve everything on our own, we need support from people. We might have confidence, hope and courage in us, but without support, one might not be able to achieve anything. Your strength might still be weak. Thus, support is very essential when one needs to acquire a strong strength.

Without support, even those little strength and hope we might have could diminish, resulting to nothing .