IT'S NEVER OVER

IT'S NEVER OVER...

I woke up very early today because there's a lot of task I need to do online. As I opened my laptop to begin working, I saw a notification popped up on my screen, and guess what? it's a post from one of my mentors, Mr Uju Onyechere. I got so inspired by the post and I believe it will be a best thing to share it with my loved ones.

I implore you to read this inspired articles from the stable of Mr Inspiration himself. Mr Uju Onyechere..

It’s Never Over

Handel was a musical prodigy. Though his father wanted him to study law, he graduated to music at an early age. By age seventeen, he held the post of church organist in his hometown. A year later, he became a violinist and harpsichordist. By age twenty-one, he was a keyboard virtuoso. When he turned to composing, he gained immediate fame and soon was appointed conductor to the elector of Hanover (later King George 1 of England). By the time he was forty, he was world famous.

Despite Handel’s talent and fame, he faced considerable adversity. Competition with rival English composers was fierce. Audiences were fickle and sometimes didn’t turn out for his performances. And he was frequently the victim of the changing political winds of the times. Several times he found himsel...f penniless and in the verge of bankruptcy. The pain of rejection and failure was difficult to bear, especially following his previous success.

Then his problems were compounded by failing health. He suffered a stroke, which left his right arm limp and caused him to lose the use of four fingers on his right hand. Although he recovered, he remained despondent. In 1741, Handel decided that it was time to retire, even though he was only fifty-six. He was discouraged, miserable and consumed with debt. He felt certain he would land in debtor’s prison. On April 8, he gave what he considered his farewell concert. Disappointed and filled with self-pity, he gave up.

But in August, of that year, something incredible happened. A wealthy friend named Charles Jennings visited Handel and gave him a libretto based on the life of Christ. The work intrigued Handel - enough to stir him to action. He began writing. And immediately the floodgates of inspiration opened in him. His cycle of inactivity was broken.

For twenty-one days, he wrote almost nonstop. Then he spent another two days creating the orchestrations. In twenty-four days, he had completed the 260-page manuscript. He called the piece Messiah. Today, Handel’s
Messiah is considered a masterpiece and the culmination of the composer’s work.

Dear reader, are you on the verge of giving up? Have you tried everything under the sun, yet no success? Every one of us experiences failure. Just like Handel, yours truly have organized seminars where the participants were just my staff and I. Did I give up? Not in my life. Maybe if I did, you would not have been reading this article.

It’s never over, till it’s over.

To our success!

Written by,
Mr Uju Onyechere.
@UjuBOnyechere
ujuonyechere@yahoo.com