GREATNESS - A SEED
In the word of Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather "Great men are not born great, they grow great."

I would on this note call greatness a seed, though very small but have the utmost potential of becoming a big and massive tree if the right actions are taken about it as at when necessary and needed.

Greatness is a seed, if you fail to water and nurture it, it dies as the time passes by. Just as a seed that grows to become a tree and produces fruit and other seeds which benefits mankind, so is greatness. Your greatness if eventually becomes a reality will be a blessing to the world and its capable of bringing the seed of greatness in others to live.

Just as a seed cannot grow to become a tree if its not watered, nurtured, pruned and fertilized, so greatness cannot come to be a reality if these simple but pertinent principles and practices are not applied.

The blunt truth is, every human have and posses this seed irrespective of the source, background, race, colour or gender though this may manifest in diverse forms but its doesn't negate the fact that it exists in every human being. All you just need do is to look inwards. This seed is so small but the power is never to be undersatimated nor looked upon with the sweep of an eye because if invested upon, it is capable of making or changing history where ever it exists.

The great men and women who have come and gone but this present world and generation will not go down without mentioning their names have only been able to attain the state of greatness because they discovered this seed in them and took it upon themselves like that diligent farmer to water and nuture it until it grows. This took the countless sacrifices, pressures, pain, joy, extra efforys, dissappointments and prices to attain. This present world built on the discoveries and trends of these men.

"No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction."
Charles Kendall Adams

These same men and women also exist even in this 21st century and when the next generation surfaces, they will build on the discoveries made by these men and women. The likes of Bill Gates, Henry Ford, Stephen Spielberg, Mark Zuckerberg, Dr D.K. Olukoya, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Achebe etc.

If only every human especially my Generation, the youth of this age could take time to realise this seed of theirs and nuture it until its inestimable power becomes a reality, another name for the world will be genius.

A discovery of yourself, your calling and an act of diligence are the major ingredients to making this delicacy called Greatness. Greatness is a seed, its in you as it is in every man but if you fail to realise it and take necessary actions, it dies just like any other un-nurtured seed.

"You were born with potential.
You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness.
You were born with wings.
You are not meant for crawling, so don't.
You have wings.
Learn to use them and fly."

By Charles Lawal

I just came to laugh at your thread title