Nothing Is Impossible, As Long As We Try And Try
We often hear the phrase "effort will never betray results". When we try with all our might, we will get results that are proportional to the effort or effort we put in during the process of getting results, because no effort betrays results.
For those of us who have difficulty writing opinions or articles or anything else, we can encourage ourselves with these motivational sentences. We often hear complaints, ^I can write at first but it's hard to finish^ or I don't have any ideas, I have trouble putting words together, Moreover, I'm old. So let it be replaced by those who are still young.
Of course, this feeling of insecurity often comes to us. you too right? This I got an interesting experience from reading articles about Napoleon Hill (https://ladypinem.com/invhttps://ladypinem.com/investasi/best-napoleon-hill quotes/). Hill is a young figure who has an obsession with becoming a writer. But he was a poor and uneducated young man. Many skills need to be collected to realize the ambition as a writer. One of them, he must overcome the challenge of mastering the vocabulary which he will later sell. However, whispers from trusted people actually extinguished Hill's obsession, he said it was impossible to win the title of writer. But Hill learned not to listen. He is still diligent in saving, collecting money penny by penny to buy the best, most complete, and most beautiful dictionary. He wants the vocabulary in the dictionary to be mastered immediately. However, before this wish was achieved, a strange thing was done by Hill. He flipped to the page that had the word ^impossible^ in the dictionary and clipped it off. Throw away the negative words, and left a collection of words without the concept of ^impossible^. Since then, Hill has built all of his goals and success with a new mindset, that nothing is impossible for people who want to grow and develop. As we can see now, Hill was able to write books that are best-selling and monumental to this day, one of his books Think and Grow Rich (1937).
From here, do we also need to do the same as Hill? I don't recommend it. Because the important point of writing above is to ignore the pretext of impossibility. Remove the vocabulary from your conversations and thoughts. Because this thought will affect everything we do. Let that concept disappear and replace it with a more inspiring idea with the word ^possible^, that you CAN write, if you think you CAN write.
This is the awareness that must be cultivated. You are what you think. Agree, right? From here, let's try to write even if we start with trivial ideas. Let's read the news articles that are circulating on our social media. The majority of these writers also write about ideas or themes that we often see, hear, and read about.
One more thing I want to tell you. Write to motivate, advise and remind each other of the right things and useful knowledge. Thus, writing can also be a way for us to invest in the afterlife. Traces of our writings that are stored and perpetuated, will be reading and sources of information throughout the ages. Moreover, it will also be a source of inspiration. Especially if our writing is able to educate someone and make someone change for the better.
Once upon a time writing had to be written using ink and hands. Now the world is more advanced, there are laptops, computers or gadgets and modern printing machines like now that we can use as a means of writing. So consider this a bit of a challenge for you and me. Write down valuable opinions, articles, and books to replace them.
Don't Say It's Impossible, OK? Good luck. You can do it. Bismillah, you can.
Tatik Widowati, S.Si
Science Teacher