Nelson Mandela Character Analysis

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The other scenario influencing the identification of purpose or assignment in life is circumstances. The circumstances are the situations one finds him or herself in either by choice or fate, foreseen or unforeseen. Some of the circumstances are poverty, oppression, disappointments and any setbacks you could think of. In this scenario, it is very easy to give up and walk away from your purpose or your destiny. Any of these situations often becomes a spring board for those who are mentally prepared, those who have fed their minds with positive thoughts. People who usually emerge from this scenario are mostly character proven, because they usually take time to shape their character by the circumstances they find themselves in. Nelson Mandela is an example of a man who discovered his purpose in life through circumstances. Nelson Mandela grew up in an oppressed system, so his leadership character was shaped by his experience, and that is why he was such a unique president. Even though he studied to become a lawyer, but his circumstance shaped him to be a liberator. His character was shaped to understand that oppression is evil, and that it was not fun being at the receiving end …show more content…

Your mind is like the womb, and your thoughts are like the sperm, so any thought you put into your mind will be incubated and processed into belief, then it becomes a concept or idea, then in its tri-mister stage it becomes an attitude which is birth into action. Attitude will drive you towards your purpose in life. Your attitude is very vital in this journey of life. Feeding your mind with the right information is the key because whatever you feed your mind will be processed into your attitude. Feed your mind with the truth and your attitude will produce the true attitude of you. If you feed your mind with the wrong and incorrect information, it will produce a false attitude of

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