Life is good. But it depends upon on the individual on how to use and make his life meaningful and productive. The Word of God clearly emphasize this in the book of Jeremiah 29 11-12 says, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you” (NIV).
Did you use your life that our loving and merciful God gave to you for productive and meaningful living? Did you exert all your effort and strength to attain your desired goal? Or sometimes you become discourage because of the severe criticism you heard from the evilspeaking tongues of your friends, relatives, and neighbors? Or sometimes you doubt about your ability and capacity to succeed to your adhering in life?
If your answer is yes to all of the above questions, I encouraged you my dear readers, to read the following stories of great people on how they used their life, to worked and strive hard for excellence despite of the severe criticisms and insults they received from those negative and toxic people they encountered.
Napoleon Hill, a poor boy and have a deficient education had the ambition to be a writer but his good friends assured him his ambition was impossible. But because he believes in the beauty of his dreams finally he became a great writer and author of the very famous inspirational classical book “Think and Grow Rich” that until now, is one of the best seller in the Philippines.
Chester Carlson his ideas in the 1940’s were turned down by 20 companies including some of the biggest in the country. After 7 long years, in 1947, his idea was accepted. The idea was the XEROX MACHINE.
Marilyn Monroe in 1944 was criticized by Emmeline Snively, the director of the Blue Book Modeling, telling her “You’d better learn secretarial work or else get married” but later on she became one of the famous international celebrity artist.
The Beatles in 1962, criticized by the Decca Recording Company, Telling them “We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out” but gradually because of their persistence and determination to achieve their dreams, they became a great international band. And now they are known in their song “Yesterday” “Michelle” “Mr. Postman” etc.
Me too, during my student life, I experienced a severe criticism from a short-sighted individuals. Though, young as I am, as a young historian and school guidance counselor, I am always thirsty, hunger for knowledge and wisdom! Through reading the profiles as well as the writings of the great people in the world, I discovered, came up, and finally concluded that a statue has never, never, and never been erected in honor for a critic!
Dear readers if you have similar experienced like the writer and others, please do not take heed to that group of toxic, negative people but focus on your main goal to win!
Teddy Roosevelt, an American great president once says, “In the battle of life, it is not the critic who counts; nor the one who points out how the strong person stumbled, or where the doer of a deed could have done better.
The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who does actually strive to do deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends oneself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he or she fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those timid spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
Anthony Robbins adds “There are no real successes without rejection. The more rejection you get, the better you are, the more you’ve learned, the closer you are to your outcome.”
Dear readers, if you have tried and met with failure; if you have planned and watched your plans as they were crushed before your eyes; just remember that the greatest men in all history were the products of courage, and courage, you know, is born in the cradle of adversity.
George Bernard Shaw exclaims, “When I was a young man, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn’t want to be a failure so I did ten times more work.”
My dear readers, here is the best secret formula on how to beat the odds in your life. Read and think of this carefully:
“Know what you are going to do and then do it and don’t backslide. If you make a mistake, make a glorious one. It’s like the man who comes to the tree at the fork in the road and says, ‘which way shall I go, this way or that?’ Go! Take one way and go. There is always the element of timing. Everything has a time and place” (Gurn Rutt).
My dear readers, I firmly remind you that…
If you have a dreams
Hold on to your dreams
If your dreams die
You’re like a wounded bird without a wing!
Once again, I firmly convince you! Focus in your goals to win! Once again, read and think of these carefully;
If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you’d like to win but think you can’t, it’s almost certain you won’t.
Life’s battles don’t always to the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
Calvin Coolidge argued, “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talents will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Educations will not, the world is full of education derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
Dear readers, I’ve found out that before any great accomplishment is achieved in reality, it’s believed within your heart. If you need to hear the applause of the crowd, you have to begin your attack in the face of criticism, believing that the applause will come later.
That is why I would like to remind you…do your best and God will do the rest!
Remember the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams! So hold on…hold on…hold on to your dreams, dare mighty things, and never, never, never, and never give up!!
You can if you think you can!
Wish you many blessings to come and God Bless!
Moises Padin Reconalla
About the Author
Moises P. Reconalla is the School Guidance Counselor, College Instructor and Working Students Supervisor at North Davao Colleges, Panabo City, Philippines.
Mr. Reconalla has taught several courses at the college including: Guidance and Counseling, General Psychology, Philippine History: Roots and Development, General Anthropology and Sociology and Dr. Jose Rizal: Life, Works & Writings.
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