Monday, October 8, 2007

PERSISTENCE

You have a goal. You have faith that you’ll realize it. So what happens when obstacles, deviations and detours come? Many people fail in what they set out to achieve because they didn’t sustain their faith. At the instance life wants to test whether they are worthy of the goal they are seeking, they give up their faith and give into fear and doubt. Faith has to be tested. A faith that is not tested is no faith at all. It doesn’t matter the size of the goal.
Christopher Columbus was famous for discovering America. What many people do not know was that he was a very persistent fellow, and without this quality no one would know of him today. Columbus succeeded in sailing from Spain to the Gold Coast of Africa in 1479. He reasoned that if one could sail that far southwards and find land, one could also sail as far westwards and find land.
Without money and ships but full of a burning desire, he solicited from support from the Portuguese Crown. He met a rejection. He decided to talk to the English government. He met a brick wall, too. He held on to his goal. A year later in 1486, he sent a proposal to the Spanish government. They told him to wait for them to study it. Five years later, in 1491, the commission studying the plan said it was not feasible.
Columbus was not deterred. A year later, in 1492 he finally convinced the Spanish government to fund the project. That was not the end of Columbus’ troubles. On the voyage to the New World, his sailors held a meeting and decided to turn back. Columbus persuaded them to change their mind.
Be a discoverer. Hold on to your dream. Persist in your quest. Take the lead.

QUOTE FOR TODAY
“Life is like riding a bicycle; you don’t fall off unless you stop pedaling.” – Claude Pepper

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