“The Mind is the Heart of the Matter”

                               “The Mind is the Heart of the Matter” – Mr. Rotimi Odejayi

One of the most motivating stories of my life is the story of one late Professor and the gardener of a university in the US. There was a lecturer who worked in a university, as an award-winning don, and a dutiful gardener on the same campus. But these two people were renowned in that institution as great achievers in their respective fields. Eventually both the Prof and the gardener died within a week. And their remains were left in the mortuary of a teaching hospital. He was embalmed in the research/teaching Anatomy Lab of the University. And it was this same time that a medical research is to be conducted on the composition of the nerves cells and inherent characteristics of the brain of the Prof and the gardener separately. Here is the Poser, "The Researchers want to know the composition cum inherent characteristics of the brain of a Prof and that of a gardener. Why the former died a Professor and why the later died a gardener?" As the research exercise continued, the medical students learning from the practical session made a blunder and the two brains got mixed up. The human brain is also exactly like each other, so the two 'samples' could not be properly distinguished. Eventually, tests were conducted on the two brains separately. Alas! The two 'samples' have exactly the same nerve cells and same components. This man became a Professor because he maximizes the use of his mind and the later perhaps did not discover himself with a view to maximizing the use of his mind. The moral of the story is - all of us (including MR President) have equal compositions of the brain. Through pondering, we become whatever we desire if will can maximise the use of our innate Potentials of the Brain.

Why pondering?
Since, you now know how powerful the mind is, you are to ponder so as to engage your mind in gainful activity. The mind is to be used to ponder, and not to worry with it, or/and be left unused. When you allow the thoughts to flow, pondering sets in and you will astound yourself with what you can ideate. It is what you can picture in your mind that you can work toward and to achieve. This is what is known as imagination. You need to ponder because no man can be greater than the thoughts of himself. The limit to how successful a person can be is determined by what he can think about himself and consequently what viable ideas can be generated from the pensive mood. Napoleon Hill once said, “You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve”. In fact, the mind is such a powerful instrument; it can deliver to you literally everything you want. But you have to believe that what you want to achieve is possible. For example, I wrote the book, "DARE TO PONDER" after discovering that from a pensive moment that I can be an author.