Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It does not matter whether you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes up, you would better be running.
The Dance of Life
In the vast savannah, sunrise does not bring comfort, it brings a challenge, a reminder or a call to rise, move, fight, survive. The gazelle runs for life. The lion runs for hunger. But both must run. Every day. Without failing. This is more than a story of survival in the wild. This is your story too.
Life Is a Race, But Not Against Others
You are not running against the person next to you. You are running against your own laziness, your own fears, your own doubts. You do not need to be the fastest in the world.
You just need to be faster than the voice inside you that says:
Not today. I am not ready. I will start tomorrow. Every morning, you wake up with two choices: Run with purpose. Or let life chase you down. Remember this:
Purpose Fuels Motion: Whether lion or gazelle: both rise with clarity. No confusion. No delay. Just purpose. He who has a why can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche. When you know why you run, you will find the strength to keep going, even when it hurts.
Motion Is Survival: Stillness, in the wild, means death. In life, stillness means stagnation, of dreams, of ideas, of potential. Even when you do not know the full path ahead: Move. Water that does not flow becomes stagnant. So does a life that refuses to change. Take one step. Then another. That is how legends are made.
Everyone Is Chasing or Escaping Something: We are all running, either from something or toward something. The past. The future. A dream. A nightmare. The lion runs with hunger. The gazelle runs with fear. But both run with intention. Do not run away from your fears. Run toward your vision. Ask yourself: Am I running from fear? Or toward greatness?
So, When the Sun Rises, Run.
It does not matter where you are starting from. It does not matter how far you still have to go. What matters is that you run. Run with focus. Run with resilience. Run with fire in your soul. Because the world does not slow down for anyone.
And when the sun comes up,
You would better be running, with Purpose for a Purpose.
Salamane Yameogo,
Empowering Human Potential.
