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When
Thomas Edison
invented the light bulb, he tried over 2,000 experiments
before he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it
felt to fail so many times. Mr. Edison replied, "I never
failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to
be a 2,000-step process."
 Wilma
Rudolph
was the 20th of 22 children. She was born prematurely and
her survival was doubtful. When she was 4 years old, she got
double pneumonia and scarlet fever, which left her with a
paralyzed left leg. At age 9, she removed the metal leg
brace she had been dependent on and began to walk without
it. By 13 she had developed a rhythmic walk, which doctors
said was a miracle. That same year she decided to become a
runner. She entered a race and came in last. For the next
few years every race she entered, she came in last. Everyone
told her to quit, but she kept running. One day she actually
won a race. And then another. From then on she won every
race she entered. Eventually this little girl, who was told
she would never walk again, went on to win 3 gold medals in
track and field at the 1960 Olympic Games.
 In 1962, four nervous young musicians played their first
record audition for the executives of the Decca Recording
Company. The executives were not impressed. While turning
down this group of musicians, one executive said, "We
don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way
out." The group was called
The Beatles.
In 1944, the director of the Blue Book
Modeling Agency, told modeling hopeful Norma Jean Baker,
"You'd better learn secretarial work or else get married."
Ms. Baker went on and became
Marilyn Monroe.
In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, fired a
singer after one performance. He told him, "You ain't
goin' nowhere... son. You ought to go back to drivin' a
truck." The young man went on to become the most popular singer in
America, named
Elvis Presley.
When
Alexander Graham Bell
invented the telephone in
1876, it did not ring off the hook with calls from potential
backers. After making a demonstration call, President
Rutherford Hayes said, "That's an amazing invention, but
who would ever want to use one of them?"
 In the 1940s, another young inventor named
Chester
Carlson
took his idea to 20 corporations, including some
of the biggest in the country. They all turned him down. In
1947
─
after seven long years of rejections ─
he finally got a tiny company in Rochester, New York, the
Haloid Company, to purchase the rights to his invention ─
an electrostatic paper-copying process. Haloid Company became
the Xerox
Corporation that we know today. Thanks to the copier, people
can make copies of documents, pictures and many other
things!
In 1986,
Paul Staso
was sponsored by several U.S. corporations to challenge the
world record for the run across America. After 4,000
training miles he was ready and on September 19, 1986 he and
his support crew left the edge of the Pacific Ocean at
Pillar Point near San Francisco heading for New York City.
Only 36 miles into the journey, on day one, Paul injured his
right knee while running off of a sidewalk that had a deep
drainage curb. The injury prevented him from maintaining the
world record pace and the run had to be abandoned. Twenty
years later he would have a bedtime discussion about youth
fitness with his 11-year-old daughter, Ashlin, that ultimately
lead to his successful solo run across America in 2006 to
keep a promise to kids and to promote youth fitness... which was much more meaningful than a world record!
The Moral of the
Above Stories:
 Keep
trying! Helen Keller once said, "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only
through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be
strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success
achieved." Those are words that all of us should think
about. Also, Eleanor Roosevelt once shared some wonderful
words of wisdom, "You gain
strength, courage and confidence by every experience in
which you really stop to look fear in the face... You must
do the thing which you think you cannot do."
Sometimes in life we're surrounded by people telling us that
something cannot be done. It is in those moments that we
have an opportunity to show them, and ourselves, what is
indeed possible. And remember,
the finest steel is made only after it is sent through the hottest furnace.
A winner is not one who never fails, but one who never
quits!
 What's
Possible For...
Getting Fit And Being Healthier?
It's extremely easy to gain weight and to get out of shape.
However, losing weight and getting back into shape is not so
easy. You have to work hard at it, and persevere through
struggles. People who have been out of shape and worked hard
to regain a healthy fitness level are people who decided that
they truly wanted to improve their health and fitness... and they stuck
with it for as long as it took.
Determination is the only thing that will keep you on track
to getting into better shape. In order to
ensure that your determination does not flounder, you'll
need to have the help of all those who are around you – your
family, your friends, your teachers; in other words,
everyone. You should have a healthy diet drawn up by a
nutritionist and an exercise routine put together that meets
your abilities and goals. It's important to keep in mind
that no one should attempt to lose weight or
exercise for better fitness without consulting a
specialist and informing your physician. It can be dangerous
and sometimes even fatal.
 Once you have the details of your fitness and health
program all you have to do is to stick to the routine with
total commitment and determination. Be prepared for slow
results in the beginning and an initial feeling of
disappointment; but once the routine sets in it will become
easier to follow and maintain. When it comes to what's
possible in getting fit and becoming healthier, the answer lies
within you. If your heart is set on it, and you're
determined and committed, anything is possible with the
proper approach, support and goals. Remember
─
a winner is
not one who never fails, but one who never quits!
Look out on the horizon of the life in front of you. What do
you see? What do you hope for? What do you want to achieve?
As you reach for your dreams beyond the horizon, keep the following equations in
mind:
Fear + Doubt = Limitations
Courage + Confidence = Endless Possibilities
Which equation do you tend to
choose when faced with challenges? Only you can choose which
equation you'll live your life in. Ultimately, you will
become what you concentrate your attention and efforts on. |
