Failure

Failure is the way Forward!

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I remember the first time I was learning to ride a bike. We were living in Florida at the time and had a large back yard. (I was 5 years old so the back yard could have been the size of a closet, but it looked like a football field from my eyes.) My parents decided it would be safer to have me practice there than in the street. I left a part of my skin from my knees and elbows on every tree in our yard. I can still hear the frustration in my Mom’s voice as […]

HISTORY MAKERS

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Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953, he scaled the highest mountain then known to man-29,000 feet straight up. He was knighted for his efforts. However, until we read his book, High Adventure, we don’t understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.

You see, in 1952 he attempted to climb Mount Everest, but failed. A few weeks later, a group in England asked him to address its members. Hillary walked on stage to a thunderous applause. The audience was recognizing an attempt at greatness, but […]

PURPOSE IS BIRTHED THROUGH PAIN

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I re-watched the movie First Night, starring Richard Gere, with my youngest son last night for the hundredth time. The two of us love movies about honor, loyalty and especially sword fighting! In one scene of the movie, Guinevere is telling Lancelot that his past hardships have made him what he is today: fearless, passionate and a protector of the innocent. He believed there was NO PURPOSE from his painful past, but she helped him realized his past hurts made him who he is today.

Your Purpose is Birthed Through Pain! ALL of us will face hardships […]

OBSTACLES ARE LIFE’S SECRET SAUCE

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One of my favorite Twilight Zone Episodes was about a mobster who died and went to his Eternal resting place. It was a wonderful place, everything he ever wished for and wanted. Everything he tried, he saw immediate success.   He played poker and won every hand. Every woman desired him. At first this was a dream come true, but after some time, he started to hate his new home. In the end, he confessed to the keeper that he did not like Heaven after all. He requested to try hell instead, and his keeper replied…. this is HELL!