Too many people from
developing countries have come to believe that they can not make it good in
their country except they migrate to the developed countries with robust
economy and good standard of living. In most cases, some people just want to
check out; either they have what to do there or not. Some go as far as taking
life threatening risk to travel through the desert and on the sea all in an
attempt to escape what they termed poverty in their country in search of
greener pastures in developed countries.
The first thing you must settle in your
mind is this; in the country where you live, there are people who are
successful and living good life without stealing or engaging in fraud or
embezzlement of public fund. The question is how are they able to achieve that
and what can I do to be successful where I am?
I believe in “hard work” and it does not
kill, you must learn to work hard, if you do not have a job, get one, it may
not be your dream job but start from there. As long as you have a vision and
plan for success, you will definitely achieve your goals.
Another thing you must ensure in your
life is contentment, be satisfied with whatever you find yourself doing and
whichever level you are at every point in time. It’s not as though you should
not aspire for the next level but you must not allow greed or jealousy be your
motivation. Things may take longer than expected or planned but it’s only a
matter of time, things will get better. As much as good life and money do not
grow on trees in the western world (where Africans termed greener pasture), it
is expected that, if you happen to find your way to any of the developed
countries, you will still need to find a job to make ends meet and you should
not expect to have a smooth ride in your quest to find a job because you remain
a second citizen as far as the host country is concern. As a result of this, it
has been observed that most immigrants had to opt for menial jobs. I still
wonder how an able body adult will leave everything behind, only to go and take
up menial jobs in another country, considering the fact that the amount of
money required to process travel document and flight is more than enough to
start a small scale business in most developing countries.
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