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If It Is To Be, It Is Up To Me!

These ten two-lettered words, which have made a deep impression in me, take me back to my years in the university. As a student, I was a keen reader of Zig Ziglar's works. I had stumbled across one of his best sellers, 'See You At The Top', and could not put it down until I devoured all the pages. So, during my mandatory national youth service in Zamfara State; when I came across 'Over The Top' (a sequel to the former title), I quickly grabbed it and literally, started chewing the pages. It was in one those pages that I came across a quote of these powerful two-lettered words. There was also a story behind the quote, which I will like to share (in my own version). So, enjoy and learn the lesson! Once upon a time, in a mountainous village, there lived an old hermit, who was renowned for his wisdom. In fact, he was acclaimed to be the wisest man in the world as at that time. In that same village, down the valley, there resided two little boys, who were in their early