Get The Right Support

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Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it. Whoever you are, you need one.~Jane Howard

Did you know that one of the reasons why gypsies have a good health record is the role family plays in establishing a positive health environment?

When a family get sick, it's not uncommon for six to eight other gypsies to accompany her to the doctor. Such family participation provides not only a support system for the ill member, it also creates a high expectation for getting well.

Similarly, it's much easier to succeed if your environment both supports and expects success.

I remember when I was still a kid, my family transferred from a place I grew up where most kids never go to school, people go into drugs and prostitution was rampant. I was around 7 years old then. When I asked my mom why we need to transfer, she simply told me that we're already growing up and she wanted to transfer us to an environment that would support our growth.

Then about two years ago my mom informed me that my childhood friend, whose family remained in the same place where we left, was already in jail and already mentally incapacitated because of drugs.

I'm not condemning the place where I grew up. In fact, I have fond memories of our place. When I was still a kid, I didn't see what my parents saw. I just knew then that they wanted the best for me.

What I am saying here is this, if we want something in life, we cannot deny the fact that we need to be with people who can support us to achieve what we want to achieve. This is the reason why success is not for everyone, because part of success is getting out of environment or spaces that no longer contributes to our growth.

I'm sure my parents don't want to leave the place but they have to, to get the right environment that would support all of us towards achieving what we want. Similarly, this is true in any aspects of our life. If we want to succeed, we must be with people who also wants to succeed, have dreams and are committed to make it happen.

Get out of your comfort zone. Get the right support and the positive environment you need in whatever it is you are upto in life.

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