In a small community in Jos, there was a boy named Ahmed who loved electronics. Whenever a radio stopped working in his house, he would take it apart carefully. Sometimes he fixed it. Sometimes he didn’t. But he always tried again. His parents often told him to stop wasting time. “We will buy a new one,” they would say. But Ahmed refused to give up. One day, he brought home a completely dead radio from a neighbor. Everyone thought it was useless. But he spent days studying it. Testing wires. Checking connections. Trying different solutions. Finally, it worked. The neighbor was shocked. “How did you learn this?” they asked. Ahmed smiled and said: “I didn’t learn it once. I learned it every time I failed.” That moment changed how people saw him. Years later, Ahmed became a skilled technician. When asked about his success, he often said: “Failure was my teacher, not my enemy.” Many people fear failure so much that they stop trying. But real growth often comes through repeated effort. Not getting it right the first time. But refusing to stop until it works. Ahmed didn’t become skilled because he was perfect. He became skilled because he kept trying. What is one thing you once struggled with but improved through practice over time?
