I met a very dear friend of mine recently and he become an inspiration for me. I wanna share his story so we could all learn something out of it.
He's an old friend and we've lost contact for 11 years. I knew him in junior high and he's my best friend for years afterward. He came from a broken household, he never get along with his step dad so he stayed with his grandma but he cherished his mom dearly. He was a drug addict throughout junior high til college and he dropped out of college because of it. Since I lost contact with him since high school, so I never knew how he was doing. Until recently when we met and shared our life.
In the year of 2003, he realized something and he put an act towards it. He came clean from his bad habit and lifestyle, then he started out a new life. He started a business in clothing industry. Back then, he had no money, he lived from handouts of his relatives and he made a promise that he will never touch or use his step dad money. Life was a struggle for him. And that become his biggest motivation, simply because he was sick and tired for not having money.
He was offered a chance to start a clothing store (distro) from his friend. So, he gathered information and researched on the industry. However, something happen and his friend backed out. His curiosity grew with the knowledge he now had. So, he decided to start it anyway by himself. He asked for a loan from everyone, so he could start a small production. But they all rejected him cause they knew him as a junkie and he'd probably gonna use the money to buy drugs. But as if it was meant to be, someone did loan him the money he needed and he started the first production. It wasn't easy, thou he knew the process but he still need to be familiarized with the whole industry and everyone in it who's mostly very bureaucratic. He made it anyway and he had his first clothing line. Now, come the second trial, he had to find someone who's wanna sell his cloths. But all rejects him once more. Did he stop trying? Hell no, he kept on going until he met a Distro in Jakarta who's interested but not with the existing line, so he had to start all over again. He had to find a second loan, started a second production and so on. But he succeed this time and he'd able to sell those second line. Then it become third, fourth and still continue until now.
He started out a small business, he started to produced only T-shirts then Jackets then Blazers, then mostly anything that anyone would want him to produced. He gained experiences and capital, then he continued expending his business. He kept on struggling for life only for larger purpose. Did he stop cause he felt that he already succeed? A big no for that question. Because each year, he will find something new to achieve. He dreams big and the sky is his limit.
I had the chance to see him at work, well not actually working a production or something, but I saw how he work. I was amaze by what I saw because I instantly knew that I saw something huge in progress. I realized that he has a great vision for his business. I saw how dedicated, motivated and persistent he really are with his work. These are very rare quality of a person, these are his biggest tools and capitals to achieve so much more. I believe it with all my heart that he's gonna be a great success.
Well, my friend, the moral of my story are:
Happy struggling people....
Cheers,
MissCandyBar
=)
He's an old friend and we've lost contact for 11 years. I knew him in junior high and he's my best friend for years afterward. He came from a broken household, he never get along with his step dad so he stayed with his grandma but he cherished his mom dearly. He was a drug addict throughout junior high til college and he dropped out of college because of it. Since I lost contact with him since high school, so I never knew how he was doing. Until recently when we met and shared our life.
In the year of 2003, he realized something and he put an act towards it. He came clean from his bad habit and lifestyle, then he started out a new life. He started a business in clothing industry. Back then, he had no money, he lived from handouts of his relatives and he made a promise that he will never touch or use his step dad money. Life was a struggle for him. And that become his biggest motivation, simply because he was sick and tired for not having money.
He was offered a chance to start a clothing store (distro) from his friend. So, he gathered information and researched on the industry. However, something happen and his friend backed out. His curiosity grew with the knowledge he now had. So, he decided to start it anyway by himself. He asked for a loan from everyone, so he could start a small production. But they all rejected him cause they knew him as a junkie and he'd probably gonna use the money to buy drugs. But as if it was meant to be, someone did loan him the money he needed and he started the first production. It wasn't easy, thou he knew the process but he still need to be familiarized with the whole industry and everyone in it who's mostly very bureaucratic. He made it anyway and he had his first clothing line. Now, come the second trial, he had to find someone who's wanna sell his cloths. But all rejects him once more. Did he stop trying? Hell no, he kept on going until he met a Distro in Jakarta who's interested but not with the existing line, so he had to start all over again. He had to find a second loan, started a second production and so on. But he succeed this time and he'd able to sell those second line. Then it become third, fourth and still continue until now.
He started out a small business, he started to produced only T-shirts then Jackets then Blazers, then mostly anything that anyone would want him to produced. He gained experiences and capital, then he continued expending his business. He kept on struggling for life only for larger purpose. Did he stop cause he felt that he already succeed? A big no for that question. Because each year, he will find something new to achieve. He dreams big and the sky is his limit.
I had the chance to see him at work, well not actually working a production or something, but I saw how he work. I was amaze by what I saw because I instantly knew that I saw something huge in progress. I realized that he has a great vision for his business. I saw how dedicated, motivated and persistent he really are with his work. These are very rare quality of a person, these are his biggest tools and capitals to achieve so much more. I believe it with all my heart that he's gonna be a great success.
Well, my friend, the moral of my story are:
- You will always be judged by people around you. From now on, just ignore all those judgments, You are what you are. Each one of us is unique in our own way. Believe in yourself and people will start believe in you.
- We all have our own problems, our own darkest period of our life, our own rock bottom. But my friend, it's your decision whether you want to wake up from it and try to be better or you just wanna stay and "enjoy" the misery for the rest of your life.
- Nothing happen instantly, success won't come on its own and knocking on your door, everything is a struggle. Every achievement in life needs efforts. If you don't succeed the first time, well you just have to try and try harder.
- When opportunity opens its door for you, grab it and never doubt yourself. If it didn't succeed, then you gain experiences from it which are priceless.
- Know yourself better, know your limits, know your abilities, then use them. Each one of us is unique and we could always do something that no one else can.
- If you achieved something, don't just feel satisfied of it. You should always set new target and vision. This is how we become better, bigger and greater.
Happy struggling people....
Cheers,
MissCandyBar
=)
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