Persistence
As
long as we are persistent in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we
will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will
fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
Dennis
Waitley
Here
are some statistics for you: Thomas Edison had 1,000 unsuccessful
attempts at making a light bulb before succeeding. As a young man,
Abraham Lincoln went to war a Captain, and returned a Private.
Winston Churchill repeated a grade in elementary school. Albert
Einstein did not speak until he was four years old, and could not
read until he was seven. Henry Ford failed and went broke five times
before he succeeded. Steve Jobs was rejected by both Atari and
Hewlett-Packard for making a personal computer. Michael Jordan was
cut from his high school basketball team. Failure is a great
motivator for success.
When
you want something so badly you can taste it, don't let a little
failure take it from you. Whatever makes your heart burn with desire,
whatever keeps you awake nights because of excitement, whatever you
can clearly see in your head if not just yet in your hands—go after
that tenaciously. It is your soul's calling.
Dale
Carnegie said that “flaming enthusiasm” combined with a modicum
of “horse sense” will always succeed in the end. If there is
something you dearly want to do, find a way to do it. You don't have
to throw out your current means of support, nor life as you know it,
but don't give up on your dreams no matter what. Destiny calls to us
from birth 'til death, in ways we don't always recognize; it speaks
the language of longing, of yearning. It operates in chance
encounters, in perspiration and patience, in persistence and
purposefulness. As you are searching for it, it is also searching for
you. Don't give up. Eventually you will find each other.
In
the Spirit,
Jane
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