How many times in life did we fail? Could you still remember? Do you also remember the feeling at the time you have failed?
It does not feel good, it is like when we fail, we feel that it is all over! The life that we know would cease to exist! Then after all the failures, we quit, we quit on our dreams, our goals and we begin to tell ourselves "This is not for me.".
Do you have dreams in life? Let me tell you something, our journey in achieving our dreams is not an easy road, along the way we meet obstacles and some bumps. It is never easy for someone to reach our dreams but here is my recommendation, DO NOT QUIT!
Let me tell you a story of a man, it happened a long time ago, this man is an example of not giving up to reach his dream:
1816 His family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them.
1818 His mother died.
1831 Failed in business.
1832 Ran for state legislature – lost.
l832 Also lost his job – wanted to go to law school but couldn’t get in.
1833 Borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt.
He spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt.
1834 Ran for state legislature again – won.
1835 Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died and his heart was broken.
1836 Had a total nervous breakdown and was in bed for six months.
1838 Sought to become speaker of the state legislature – defeated.
1840 Sought to become elector – defeated.
1843 Ran for Congress – lost.
1846 Ran for Congress again – this time he won – went to Washington and did a good job.
1848 Ran for re-election to Congress – lost.
1849 Sought the job of land officer in his home state – rejected.
1854 Ran for Senate of the United States – lost.
1856 Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party’s national convention – get less than 100 votes.
1858 Ran for U.S. Senate again – again he lost.
1860 Elected president of the United States.
Do you know this man? His name was Abraham Lincoln. His story made me realize not to quit on my dreams. If you observe, he has more failures than success. He ran for a position in government and multiple times he lost.
Ran for senate - he lost. Ran for VP - he lost. Could you imagine what Mr. Lincoln could have felt? He might have been so frustrated, so disappointed, he might have felt that he could not do anything right. But he still moved forward.
In 1860, it was for the big one, amid all the failures, he did not give up, he kept on going until he became the President of the United States of America.
Friends, reaching our dreams is a journey. It will take time but do not ever quit on it if this is your hearts desire. Failures are preparatory events for your success and be prepared because your success is a big one!
Whenever you fail, pick yourself up, shake off the dust and keep moving forward!
God bless you!
Cheers!
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