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| Dr, Ada Igonoh |
During the third quarter of 2014 I walked into a GRE
class to teach a lady. All I knew about her was that she was a medical doctor.
When I stood before her to exchange pleasantries, I had no desire to ask much
about her background. All I did was that I said my name, gave an African smile and said
a ‘hi’. As I faced the board to write the topic for the day, I heard her say “I’m
the first Nigerian doctor(Dr.Ada Igonoh) who survived Ebola”. Immediately, a
cold shiver ran down my spine and the monster—Ebola—
that was greatly feared by many appeared real to me. The beauty of the whole
thing was the way I acted: no sign of my trepidation was noticed by Dr.
Ada Igonoh. Soon I noticed something that triggered a change: the aura of
motivation and optimism that radiated from her. This soon embellished me with an unusual confidence that
dispelled my anxiety.
Staying positive is not a thing you just do to help
you personally, but something that directly and indirectly affects other people
around you. As much as there are challenges daily, so there are opportunities. The
only way you can optimize the opportunities that fly around daily is to develop
a positive aura that will benefit not only you but also the people around you.
The story of Dr. Igonoh’s freedom from Ebola was primarily not because of the medical intervention she had but the
positive words that she feed herself with daily even at the point of death.
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