We who stand on the sidelines of life see the overwhelmingly large numbers who go down in defeat, never to rise again. We see the few who take the punishment of defeat as an urge to greater effort. These fortunately, never learn to accept life’s reverse gear. But what we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement. We call it PERSISTENCE. ----Napoleon Hill.
Challenges do not leave men where and how they meet them. But create something to remember and be remembered for by whoever goes through them. They will always leave stories for you to tell. It will either break a man or cause him to break record.
It has rendered many dreams powerless, converted great visions into televisions, brought the so called mighty men on their kneels as babies, laughed at plans and mocked great goals. Even with this, it has also caused many names to be written in GOLD. When we talk of electrical power today, the name that rings bell is Thomas Edison while Isaac Newton propounded the laws of motion. American human right movement history cannot forget Matins Luther King. The political history of India cannot be complete without the role of Ghandi. It will be highly unfair if Nelson Mandela does not have his place in the political history of South Africa. These were men once full of challenges at a particular point in time in their lives, but they chose to break records in the process because they never threw in the towel.
The quality
and size of your dream is not measured by the end point result. But by the
means to the END. This can be regarded as a Challenge. That is why you must go
through the story of Erma Bombeck. Erma Bombeck traveled a road that filled
with adversities, starting with her career. She was drawn to journalism early
in life. Her first job was as a copy girl at the Dayton Journal Herald when she
was a teenager. Then she went off to college at Ohio University of Dayton. In
1949, she graduated with a degree in English. Soon afterward, she began working
as a writer for the Obituary column and the women’s page.
That year adversity carried over into her personal life. When she got married, one of her deepest desire was to become a mother but much of her dismay, her Doctor told her she was incapable of having children. Did she give up and consider herself failure? No. she and her husband explored the possibilities of adoption. In which they adopted a daughter. Two years later, a surprised Erma became pregnant, but only two of the babies survived. In 1964, Erma was able to convince the editor of a small neighborhood newspaper, Kettering-Oakwood Times to let her write a weekly humor column. Despite the $3 per article she was paid, she kept writing. And that opened a door for her. The next year she was offered the opportunity to write three times-a-week column for her old employer. By 1967, her column was syndicated and carried by more than nine hundred newspapers. During that time she published fifteen books and it was recognized one of the twenty-five most influential women in America. She appeared frequently on the television show. “Good Morning America”, was featured on the cover time magazine, received innumerable honors and was awarded fifteen honorary degrees.
But during that span of time, Erma Bombeck also experienced incredible troubles and trials, including breast cancer, a mastectomy and kidney failure. And she was not shy about sharing her perspective on her life experience. “I speak at college commencements and I will tell everyone I am up there, not because of my success, but by my failures. A comedy record album that sold two copies in Beirut, a sitcom that lasted about as long as a donut in our house, a Broadway play that never saw Broadway,…Book signings where I attracted two people-one who wanted direction to the rest room and the one who wanted to buy the desk. What you have to tell yourself is, I am not a failure, but only failed at doing something”. There is a big difference—personally and career-wise, it has been a corduroy road. I have buried babies, lost parents, had cancer, and worried over kids. The trick is to put it all in perspective…..and that is what I do for a living.”
Have you ever wondered why God put your two eyes in the front of your head and non at the back? It was done, so that you would not have any reason to go back. God is always interested in his children moving forward especially in the presence of challenges. We must learn to rise, dust ourselves and move on. One of the reasons why the children of Israel could not make it to the promise land was because they forgot their minds in Egypt. They could remember their cattle, clothes, jewelries etc, but their minds were left behind. That was why they kept making references to Egypt whenever they come in contact with challenges.
The gimmick of a challenge is that, it can deceitfully substitute what you really want in life to something else and still make you feel partially fulfilled. It is a deceit. You might have just been robbed. Do not take this for that .Go for what you want. You can break record if you do not give up. This is why you are human. That challenge is not destined to overcome you. It starts from the rehabilitation of your mind. Even God needs a particular state of mind to bless you. It was not the day David confronted Goliath physically that he actually killed him. He had killed Goliath long time in his mind the day he asked the people of the kind of prize that shall be given to the man who killed the Philistine. He had already killed him in his mind before the exhibition day. The prize motivated him with his trust in the name of the Lord. Then, he broke a record. The wars of destinies are firstly won on the drawing board of the mind and not on the field. George W. Bush, former president of the United States, killed Sad am Hussein of Iraq firstly right from the White House.
Friend, that challenge must not kill your DREAM or substitute it for something else. You must not loose the focus of the end point of that dream that gives you joy. For the joy that was set before him……HE ENDURED (Heb 12 .1-3).Begin to see opportunities in all challenges. Many have lost their dreams and more will still do. But I see you taking a different stand. Please note, you must go with the name of the Lord. IT EITHER BREAKS YOU OR CAUSES YOU TO BREAK RECORDS.
That year adversity carried over into her personal life. When she got married, one of her deepest desire was to become a mother but much of her dismay, her Doctor told her she was incapable of having children. Did she give up and consider herself failure? No. she and her husband explored the possibilities of adoption. In which they adopted a daughter. Two years later, a surprised Erma became pregnant, but only two of the babies survived. In 1964, Erma was able to convince the editor of a small neighborhood newspaper, Kettering-Oakwood Times to let her write a weekly humor column. Despite the $3 per article she was paid, she kept writing. And that opened a door for her. The next year she was offered the opportunity to write three times-a-week column for her old employer. By 1967, her column was syndicated and carried by more than nine hundred newspapers. During that time she published fifteen books and it was recognized one of the twenty-five most influential women in America. She appeared frequently on the television show. “Good Morning America”, was featured on the cover time magazine, received innumerable honors and was awarded fifteen honorary degrees.
But during that span of time, Erma Bombeck also experienced incredible troubles and trials, including breast cancer, a mastectomy and kidney failure. And she was not shy about sharing her perspective on her life experience. “I speak at college commencements and I will tell everyone I am up there, not because of my success, but by my failures. A comedy record album that sold two copies in Beirut, a sitcom that lasted about as long as a donut in our house, a Broadway play that never saw Broadway,…Book signings where I attracted two people-one who wanted direction to the rest room and the one who wanted to buy the desk. What you have to tell yourself is, I am not a failure, but only failed at doing something”. There is a big difference—personally and career-wise, it has been a corduroy road. I have buried babies, lost parents, had cancer, and worried over kids. The trick is to put it all in perspective…..and that is what I do for a living.”
Have you ever wondered why God put your two eyes in the front of your head and non at the back? It was done, so that you would not have any reason to go back. God is always interested in his children moving forward especially in the presence of challenges. We must learn to rise, dust ourselves and move on. One of the reasons why the children of Israel could not make it to the promise land was because they forgot their minds in Egypt. They could remember their cattle, clothes, jewelries etc, but their minds were left behind. That was why they kept making references to Egypt whenever they come in contact with challenges.
The gimmick of a challenge is that, it can deceitfully substitute what you really want in life to something else and still make you feel partially fulfilled. It is a deceit. You might have just been robbed. Do not take this for that .Go for what you want. You can break record if you do not give up. This is why you are human. That challenge is not destined to overcome you. It starts from the rehabilitation of your mind. Even God needs a particular state of mind to bless you. It was not the day David confronted Goliath physically that he actually killed him. He had killed Goliath long time in his mind the day he asked the people of the kind of prize that shall be given to the man who killed the Philistine. He had already killed him in his mind before the exhibition day. The prize motivated him with his trust in the name of the Lord. Then, he broke a record. The wars of destinies are firstly won on the drawing board of the mind and not on the field. George W. Bush, former president of the United States, killed Sad am Hussein of Iraq firstly right from the White House.
Friend, that challenge must not kill your DREAM or substitute it for something else. You must not loose the focus of the end point of that dream that gives you joy. For the joy that was set before him……HE ENDURED (Heb 12 .1-3).Begin to see opportunities in all challenges. Many have lost their dreams and more will still do. But I see you taking a different stand. Please note, you must go with the name of the Lord. IT EITHER BREAKS YOU OR CAUSES YOU TO BREAK RECORDS.
Tunde
Adenuga
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