Yesterday I posted a true story about Jim Thorpe winning the 2012 Olympics with two different shoes. The morning of the Olympics, his shoes were stolen but that didn't stop him, he found shoes. One was too big, so he had to wear extra socks. He competed and won in spite of the obstacle.
Nobody sets out with a plan to fail, but so often people let obstacles get in the way of their success.
We all need to take a lesson from this story as we each face obstacles in our lifetime. We have two choices, we can choose to use those obstacles as an excuse or a determination. I personally have faced more obstacles in my life than I choose to remember. Some more challenging than others but I always chose to wish, hope, and dream and make it happen instead of excuses that would make me quit.
There was a time in my life that I lived as a Single Mom with three little boys in Government Housing. I was so happy to have a home and a life with my little boys, I never gave much thought to the "type of housing." It didn't change who I was or the way I would raise my sons. It was temporary and I knew it. I would go to sleep at night with visions of a better tomorrow. I held down three jobs at a time and my little boys had everything they needed. I learned to be fearless and strong and let nothing stand in my way of that better tomorrow. My life was like climbing a mountain. I had to take one stone at a time. I am still climbing that mountain and I hope God gives me the strength to continue until He calls me home.
Starting a Real Estate career at 75 was not an easy task and failing the state test twice would make the faint at heart quit, but not this lady...it only made my determination stronger. I had learned that strength when I was 27 in that government housing project and it has served me well for all of my life.
The moral of this story is I was given a difficult start in a marriage, abandoned by a husband, and left virtually penniless to raise a 6-week old baby and a six and 7 year old. I would not be who I am today without those early lessons. Babe Ruth said and I live by "You Just Can't Beat The Person Who Won't Give Up>"