My great imperative
Literary guru, Geoffrey Philip recently tagged me about my great imperative, and, since I love participating in the occasional meme, I accepted his challenge. For those with not-so wide vocabularies, imperative means law or rule (generally). I’d have to say that my great imperative is to succeed, according to my terms. Happiness eludes most of us, so we spend our lives desperately chasing after it. Few find it. For me, success equals happiness. Aside from the accolades and the ego boost, it gives you a sense of accomplishment and purpose, like you’re actually doing something worthwhile with your life. We all have dreams. Most of them are shattered by harsh reality.
Who knows? Mine may end up broken as well, but I’ll put in a hell of a fight to keep them alive, because a man that doesn’t dream doesn’t truly live. And even greater is the man that realizes his dreams, as he was able to translate his desires into reality. I already know the ingredients of success. Hard work, perseverance, vision, etc, and I’ve tried hard to cultivate these values within myself. But it’s difficult. But then again, if success was easy, it wouldn’t as sweet. I want to leave a great legacy behind. I want the name Leon Leacroft Robinson to live on long after the man has passed. I’ve been called many names in my 21 years of existence, but there’s one thing I don’t ever people to call me - failure.
