Never Ever Give Up

"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. "  Samuel Johnson. Perseverance is a hard concept for people to accept. It requires hard work, patience, and commitment. Everyone has goals and aspirations in life but many people never reach them due to lack of perseverance. One reason people fail is because of the fear of failure itself. Others want us to fail. They have given up on their dreams, lost their commitment and believe it to be impossible. There will be people in your life that will continually try to stop you from reaching your dreams. Why that is, I can only speculate. It could be jealousy, or maybe they are failing and want to bring you down with them. Maybe they are just cold hearted and don't like for people to succeed. FORGET THEM. All through history you can find example after example of extraordinary perseverance that pails in comparison to what you and I would face. It is possible to succeed and reach your dreams in this world. Napoleon Bonaparte famously said, "Victory belongs to the most preserving". (I know this quote is ironic seeing how Napoleon was defeated by the Russians and he spent the rest of life in exile-embarrassing! However, he is still remembered as one of the greatest military commanders in all of history and the quote rings true.)

One famous man in history failed countless times but continued to pursue his dreams until they became a reality. He had money trouble, patents and ideas stolen from him by other companies, and was told no your ideas are too far fetched at every turn in his life. One night he tucked his daughter into bed, and she told him about a book she just read and told him he should read it. He immediately fell in love and wanted to make it into a movie. He met with the author for the rights and of course she said no. There was no way she was going to give the rights to this failure of a man and allow him to destroy her art for the world to see. This didn't deter him. He had faced failure before and knew how to overcome rejections. So he continued conversations with the author who continually said no. But his persistence finally paid off. 20 years, (yes 20 years!, which is where patience comes into play) after first reading the book the rights were given to him and the movie was released. This movie ended up being one of the most critically and most financial success in his life. The movie was Mary Poppins and the man was Walt Disney. Disney was told no by over 300 financial backers before being approved to create "The happiest place on earth" which still continues to bring joy to the hearts to adults and children alike from all over the world. He was not going to be denied his dreams. We must have the same philosophy. So when you are told no over and over again, never give up. Reevaluate the steps needed to reach your goals. Maybe you are asking the question the wrong way or maybe even asking the wrong question. But where there is a will there is a way. God didn't put us on Earth to be failures. Yes we will fail sometimes, but that is when we must reevaluate ourselves and our mental state and preserve. He specifically gave us individual talents so that we may utilize them. For those who say its impossible, they have not persevered. But for you and I we must. And here comes another lame poem I wrote, sorry!

Pretend it's the truth which I heed
Where men who bleed can still stand and lead
My mind being freed, I state my creed
I shall succeed

I will proceed while others quit indeed
Unrealistic, impossible others will plead
My dreams will be reached, not out of greed
But from inner desire from which I feed
I shall succeed

I will lead others who cry out in need
I will not plead with those that impede
I will feed off those who try to make me bleed
I shall succeed

I will not concede my dignity, nor will I secede
I will destroy my weeds and plant new seeds
I will let God lead, for those will be my deeds
I will proceed with this new creed to which I have agreed
I SHALL SUCCEED

Breck

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