“The brick walls are there
for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick
walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want
something."
-Dr Randy Pausch, The Last
Lecture
Many of us have experienced
this one time or another, where we seem to hit a brick wall that
disables us to pass through the road we've set out for ourselves. The
bricks are towering over us with strong mortar, that appears to be an
immovable object that is complacent in where it stands, and it is
here to stay.
It disempowers many of us
standing before the wall. Some of us either decide to accept being
unable to progress, or others will find a way to get across by catapulting
ourselves high above the wall, digging below to get across, or find
the nearest bulldozer that is labeled "YOU CAN'T STOP ME"
Once upon a time, I caught
myself at the lowest point in my life which made me physically and
mentally ill with utter defeatedness in pursuing my challenging goal.
I refused to get out of bed, I refused to eat anything but junk food,
and I sure as hell didn't want anyone to tell me to be positive! I
was ready to try anything at this point to help aid my situation by
either waiting for a magical fairy to walk through my door, convert
myself to any religion that will take care of me, or just giving it
all up. It was a painful time.
I came across a certain
speaker who brought tears of ecstasy into my life that enabled me to
keep tackling my problem, and this great speaker gave the most
honest, heartfelt speech that resonated with the position I was in,
and he said,
"Don't cry to give up!
Cry to keep going! You already in pain, you already hurt! Get a
reward from it!"
-Eric Thomas
And he was right!
If you're walking down the
path to your goal and you happen to trip and fall, don't fall
backwards because you're in pain, fall forward to keep on going!
Example:
1954, Elvis Presly was fired
and told by the manager of the Grand Ole Opry after one performance,
that he should go back to driving a truck because he would never make
it as a singer.
1995, J.K. Rowling was
divorced, living on welfare, and submitted Harry Potter to 12
publishing houses, all of which rejected the manuscript.
2011, Donald Trump files for
Bankruptcy for the fourth time, and still remains as one of the top
businessmen with a net worth of 4 billion.
You're already trapped in
the storm! So why not move directly into the eye of the storm, and
see the blissful light that is ahead for you, because everything else
becomes secondary.
Now I'm not saying its going
to be easy. We're going to be put to the test of who we are, and what
we're made of; since many of us may not be able to handle the defeats
and throw in the towel when we're being beaten by life.
But for those of us who
see's greatness within themselves, and see the light at the end of
the tunnel, we will join the great men that have walked before us,
and smile when we take our last breathe in this world and say "I
did everything I wanted in this life, and I have no regrets".
Heaven is truly on Earth, but it is what we make of it here and now.
So I'd like to end this by
saying,
If others can do it, can't you do it as well?
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