Life's Dream: A Personal Story

My husband's arrival at St. Anthony Grammar school of the Roman Catholic Mission in Nigeria, began the worst time of his twelve-year-old life-or that's what he thought at the time. But now Ben appreciates his memories of the death of his father at nine years of age, his boyhood days, the birth of America dream, and the fulfillment of the dream.
At the time, it seemed like the end of the world when Ben lost his father at nine years of age. His father lived by and practiced the Golden Rule. Looking back, Ben is glad he had that experience. He learned from that, than anything else. His education began at an early age under his father, who put the touches to his study of the Alphabets. Upon the completion of his elementary education, Ben passed the high school entrance examination and he was granted an interview by St. Anthony Grammar school's principal and the selection committee. After seeing and asking him a number of simple questions to test his knowledge of English and his intelligence as well as his athleticism, he was admitted as a student of the school.
Ben spent part of his boyhood days at St. Anthony Grammar school. The most important lesson learned at this secondary school was the embodiment of its motto: 'Not for us alone but for other'. This implied that education was meant to train human beings to serve their kind in a spirit of selfless service and love. He was thought that he was privileged to receive the benefit of secondary education, therefore, he was thought to use his knowledge in the service of his fellow men and elevate mankind from a lower to a higher estate in life. Furthermore, he participated in various extracurricular activities and different sports, mainly tracts, football and tennis. Ben had dream t ...

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... his mother and his brother. He was a new man and he looked forward to his voyage to the new world. Suddenly, it seemed to him that all the personal inconveniences he had suffered, were becoming a thing of the past. Now his dram was destined to become a reality. After a series of send-off parties he flew from Lagos, Nigeria to the United States.
Things worked out a little different from the way Ben thought. Simply put, after his stellar education. He worked for different agencies and companies until he became the Chief Executive Officer of a regional company in Conway area of South Carolina. His cause was the cause of common people. However, he was misunderstood, publicly humiliated and eventually derailed. Nevertheless, his dream goes on, his vision will endure, as his hope will live and his dream of becoming a philanthropist to help those in need will never die.