A black young Boy, Jeva by name, went to an Amusement park with his Parents. On getting there,
they saw a man who sells Balloons. Many children were all around the man, making sure their parents get
them at least one of the Balloons. One thing that made it so fascinating was that the balloon man occasionally
releases a balloon or two in the air so as to attract the attention of the kids.
Jeva was not left out of the attraction. He also wanted one of those balloons, to play with. But at the same time, he had a question in mind to ask the balloon man. On getting there, he said to the balloon man, " I've seen you release a red balloon, a blue balloon, and a white balloon, and they all went to the sky at your release. But one thing that confuses me is that, if a BLACK balloon should be released, will it go up to the sky aswell ?" The man in amusement touched the boy on the shoulder and said, " It's not the colour that determines if it will go up to the sky but the content in the balloon. Definitely, a BLACK balloon will fly to the sky aswell.
The meaning of this story is self-explanatory in it's own little way. For the young Boy was trying to know if the colour of his skin can be a determinant of his success / greatness but the response given to him was enough to silence the doubt the little Boy might be having about his Greatness. So you have to understand that it's not how bright the colour of your skin is that will determine how bright your future will be, for President Barrack Obama is an evidential proof that your colour is not a determinant of your success.
We have to wake up to this new awareness and believe in this principle / saying, "The fact that you are born is an evidence that you possess something that can benefit the world". We have to take our future from whoever is in possession of it and put it in our own hands,. i mean, we have to plan and make strategies of how to make our future a successful one. For, no dream or future come true until you wake up and go to work. That was what Dr Ferrah Gray did and he became a multi-millionaire at the age of 14. So as you go about this new awareness, remember you are not too young to be great neither are you too old to be great. "Whatever you do today, do it better tomorrow".
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