ASSOCIATION IS A GATEWAY TO ACCELERATION.

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Man is born in a community but he enters into an unlike associations to fulfill his specific interests or needs. Man is limited by the virtue of nature. Man is even weak to fulfil his purpose, his visions, ambitions, plans and goals all by himself. The capacity of a man alone is not enough to make him do well in life. A man needs help, he needs another hand, another voice, another person's brain to help him with everything he wants to do. Jesus Christ, the saviour of the world moved out of his confines to find people to help him with God's plan and God's assignment for His life. He needed an association to help him. A man with God's gene looking for people to help him to fulfill his godly assignment. Really? Though Jesus was God in every way. He was also as human as we are. And He was just as susceptible to some physical experiences such as hunger, thirst, tiredness, pain. However, as a Savior of the world, the scale of work He had on His hands to do was way too big for His pair of hands to do; so He needed help and extra hands, in short, He needed an association. To succeed, you can't work alone; no matter who you are, you cannot succeed all by yourself. We all need an association to help us.

The easiest way to succeed in life is through associations. The scripture said " We should be fruitful" this also means we should associate, in other words, association also breeds fruitfulness. If isolating yourself has seemed pleasurable for you, you're probably yet to find higher purpose and higher mission. Association is what make spouses a couple, if they didn't associate there will never be a way for marriage to set in. A child cannot give birth to himself, it takes the association of a man and woman to mate and birth a child. Everything in life multiplies on the strength of our association. There are certain truths about life, as difficult as they may be to take in, they are essential to accept if you want to become a better person. If we are being honest, life can be difficult to navigate, especially for young people trying to establish themselves. Some of these truths may resonate deeply with what you already know. Some may be an exercise in growth as you stretch yourself into an uncomfortable space. Some you may not agree with at all. But, hopefully, they spark new reflections that will propel you along your path of success.

Whether you are a leader or not, you need association, you need relationships. Early this year, I engaged myself with a lot of questions; what kinds of friends do I have...and also what kinds of individuals am I making into a friend? I started looking into my association, the friends I have and the likes. If you really do not know your worth, check the friends around you, they are perfect example of your worth. A sage once explained to me that in the animal kingdom, if an animal break its leg, there's a chance of it to die. Such animal cannot run from danger, or look for food. In other words, no animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.. A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell (Power of association and relationship) has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. The associations / relationships you have are yardstick for your success, forget the fact that you're brilliant and intelligent. Some persons are born with into advantages while some are not. Our association is also what determine the advantages we will get.

And if you aren't born with them it's your responsibility to create these advantages for yourself by associating yourself with bright people. One of such advantage that you need in life to get ahead of your equals is the relationship or association advantage. Who do you know and who knows you really matters if you want achieve your higher purpose and higher mission.

You will rise and fall in life in proportion to the kind of relationships and associations you have. Are your friends adding to you or taking from you. The friends you have today will be the connections your kids will have tomorrow.

If you want to be highly successful in your 30s, make sure you spend you 20s cultivating great relationships. Purpose cannot be fulfilled in isolation, you need other individuals to help you fulfill your purpose. If your purpose is to teach you will need students to teach. If it's to dance, you will need an audience to dance for. If it's to write, you will need an audience to read your books. Whatever your life's purpose is, you definitely need other people to fulfill it. This is one reason why you should always build great relationships.

As you go through this week, expand your sphere of influence by building new relationships. Remember, if you hang around dog's long enough you will have ticks.

Proverbs 13:20 says He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Thank you for reading.

I love you.

EmmaBams.