ARYA STARK; If She can, You can

- AYOOLUWA OYELERE

This is Maisie Williams a.k.a Arya Stark 7 years ago when she started featuring in our darling Game of Thrones. She looked quite young even though she was around 14. Young as she was, she was very smart and quick-witted.

 Seven years ago when she started, she was in her very early teens and seven years after, she's in her early twenties. In between the seven years ago and seven years after is stardom, several awards, fame, recognition, money and lots of prospects.
But also, in between these seven years were sacrifices, hundred of scripts, locations upon locations in odd places, missed fun times and holidays. Then, inconvenient orders from perfectionist movie directors, to mention just a few.

So many things to learn for the life of a child star, one of which is the fact that the purpose of every child is in him and written all over his face in large letters. Plus, many a time, children come with requisite infrastructures for the fulfilment those innate purposes. Every child wears his assignment like his skin, it's almost undeniably clear to everyone whose eyes can see. Whether or not he or she would fulfil those assignments is a question of parenting. Parenting is such an enormous task with many a heavy responsibility attached, one of which is need to; recognize and train up a child in the way he should go. If a child is meant to go in the way of theatre, he must never be made to go in the way of medicine, lest he becomes a mediocre doctor.

If he's forced or misled to go Hippocratic when he's meant to go thespian or Shakespearean, he'd very likely spend the rest of his life playing catch up; trying to relive his dreams at 16 now that he's 36

I believe children like Arya got lucky to have had parents and custodians who knew enough to help then find their paths very early in life.

But, you being on your path doesn't mean that your road will not be rough. Even when you are operating in your natural habitat like a fish in the ocean, it is not uncommon of you to face hard times and encounter plenty of troubles.

Maisie got the Arya role after 299 other applicants were screened out. So even in your strength and assignment, you must strive to be the fittest, else you'd lose out on survival.

Assuming you didn't have the opportunity of finding and following your path at all or early in life, now as a parent, a leader and a custodian of younger lives, make it one of your purposes in life to help them find out theirs very early in life.

If we must get there in time, we must set forth at dawn.

See you @ work.