1. AT THE AGE OF 9, HE LOST HIS MOTHER... WHERE THERE IS A WILL,THERE IS A WAY A YEAR LATER HIS FATHER GOT REMARRIED... TO BE A FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HIS FAMILY HE HAD TO WORK ON THE FARMS & THUS LOST THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SCHOOLING...
2. AT THE AGE OF 19, HE GOT HIS FIRST JOB AS A CLERK... WHERE THERE IS A WILL,THERE IS A WAY THE VERY NEXT YEAR WHEN HE TURNED 20, HE LOST HIS JOB ... AT 23, HE CONTESTED IN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY & STOOD 8TH AMONGST THE 13 PARTICIPANTS... BEFORE CONTESTING HE STATED THAT HE WAS TOO FAMILIAR WITH FAILURES TO BE DISSAPPOINTED...
3. WHERE THERE IS A WILL,THERE IS A WAY AT 24, HE STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS & BECAME A BANKRUPT... IT TOOK HIM 17 LONG YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO CLEAR THE DEBTS & DUES FOR THE MONEY HE BORROWED FOR BUSINESS FROM HIS FRIENDS... AT 26, HE GOT ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED BUT HIS SWEETHEART DIED & HIS HEART BROKE DOWN...
4. WHERE THERE IS A WILL,THERE IS A WAY AT 27, HE WAS IN PROFOUND DEPRESSION & WAS HOSPITALISED FOR NERVOUS BREAKDOWN & SPENT SIX MONTHS CONFINED TO HIS BED... AFTER RECOVERY HE CONTESTED AN ELECTION FOR CONGRESS & WON... MEANWHILE AS IT TURNED OUT HE BECAME A LAWYER & TRIED TO PURSUE THIS AS A SUCCESSFUL PROFESSION...
5. WHERE THERE IS A WILL,THERE IS A WAY FROM AGE 28 TO 32 HE WAS CREEPING & CRYING FOR RECOGNITION BUT FAILED... HOWEVER HE RECONNECTED WITH THE SAME LADY & MARRIED HER AT THE AGE OF 33 & THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN... MEANWHILE DURING THIS TIME SPAN HE BROKE OFF HIS ENGAGEMENT & AS A RESULT AGAIN EXPERIENCED PROFOUND DEPRESSION...
6. AT 45, HE CAME BACK TO POLITICS & OPPOSED “THE EXTENSION OF SLAVERY SYSTEM TO OTHER STATES”. ... WHERE THERE IS A WILL,THERE IS A WAY AT 46, HE STOOD FOR THE SENATE BUT WAS DEFEATED... AT 47, HE RAN FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT POST & WAS AGAIN DEFEATED...
7. AT 51,HIS PERSISTENCE & HARDWORK PAID ULTIMATELY WHEN HE WAS ELECTED AS THE SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE “USA”. WHERE THERE IS A WILL,THERE IS A WAY FAILURES CHARACTERISED HIS FIRST 2 YEARS OF PRESIDENCY... HIS PARTY SUFFERED LOSSES IN THE MID-TERM ELECTIONS... HE IS NONE OTHER BUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN...
8. WHERE THERE IS A WILL,THERE IS A WAY AT 55, IN SUMMER INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY ASKED HIM TO RESIGN AS THE NOMINEE FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS... CONTINUE... GRADUALLY LINCOLN GREW AS PRESIDENT WHO SAVED AMERICA...
9. WHERE THERE IS A WILL,THERE IS A WAY BUT THE REALITY IS THAT HE WAS AGAIN RE-ELECTED & THE ISSUE & DOUBTS ABOUT HIS CONTINOUS LEADERSHIP WERE FIRMLY RESOLVED… INFACT IN A SEALED MEMORANDUM TO THE CABINET HE STATED THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD HE WOULD BE DEFEATED...
10. WHERE THERE IS A WILL,THERE IS A WAY NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU FALL IN LIFE GET UP & DO IT AGAIN & SUCCESS WILL JOIN YOUR HANDS… CONCLUSION...