Growing up was not so easy. There were rough times whereby i thought i cant make it to the next level in life. For someone like me, you will surely want to give up easily. There were days I thought to myself that nothing good can come out from my life, going to school, from nursery to primary to secondary school then the university. I look back and I begin to think deeply on what I have achieved in my life. I still remember the first write up i wrote, everyone at home read it and were all amazed that I could come up with something great like this. I still remember my mom’s words, Nancy, did you copy this from another book, i said no mum, i wrote everything myself from my head and my heart. The book was titled FROM SORROWS TO JOY. Even friends from outside read it and were surprised too, I was just 11 years old, i started writing in my JSS 2, it was my friends who influenced me and helped to write. I didn’t know that writing was my talent, maybe I should have gone to arts class but I choose commercial class because I was in love with mathematics and all kind of accounting, calculations subjects. I didn’t get a job early after my youth service in Nigeria. I later got one with a school as a teacher teaching special kids, working with them helped me grow the more. this made me open my small foundation called BEAUTIFUL GATE FRIENDS, we help people with special needs mostly growing kids. Its a great privilege doing this with the help my family and friends. My whole life has been a journey. Everyday, I look at myself in the mirror and i know that I am beautiful, intelligent, strong, i have a lovely personality, i love my smile too. I have lots of great friends and they are the best, there are some people that I thought that will never be my friends but today we are good friends. Look at the family I have, is it my mum, dad, sisters and brother even my brother in law and my precious nephew, my best friend, then my uncles and aunts, I have a church that accommodates me and calls me family. My life has not been easy, I have challenges that would have taking my life but I am still standing. I am a graduate of banking and fiance from Bowen university Nigeria. I have accomplished a lot for myself and i am going to accomplish much more. I am weak sometimes but yet i have decided to stand tall and belief that one day i will wake up one beautiful morning to open my curtains and see that i have made it. There are still so many places I will love visit i.e Dubai, London, Paris, Kenya and many more. I am a testimony and a blessing. I thank God everyday. I don’t know what is going on in your life, we all are going through on thing or the other. Its for you to say that you can do it. DONT gave up on yourself for no reason. you can do it. Believe it. You are great, you are beautiful and handsome, I do listen to what people say about me and even the way they laugh at me but I ignore them. You are the best. You should not give up. Stand tall. Everyday, say something beautiful about yourself. People will always say both good and bad things about you. You can make it, if you try. Start small and you will grow bigger and bigger. Always encourage yourself and put positive thoughts in your mind. Do anything that can help you. Above all put GOD first. I love you all