A thought by John C. Maxwell from his
book, Beyond Talent (p. 131).
HarperCollins Leadership. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to
Amazon.com to buy the book.)
Oh, and we have those, don’t we? So, how does how we face them make a
difference?
John says, “Confronted by adversity,
many people give up while others rise up. How do those who succeed do it? They
persevere. They find the benefit to them personally that comes from any trial.
And they recognize that the best thing about adversity is coming out on the
other side of it. There is a sweetness to overcoming your troubles and finding
something good in the process, however small it may be.
“I came across a poem by Howard
Goodman called ‘I Don’t Regret a Mile’ that expresses this idea well. It says,
in part:
I’ve
dreamed many a dream that’s never come true,
I’ve
seen them vanish at dawn,
But
enough of my dreams have come true
To
make me keep dreaming on
I’ve
prayed many a prayer that seemed no answer would come,
Though
I’d waited so patient and long;
But
enough answers have come to my prayers
To
make me keep praying on
I’ve
sown many a seed that’s fallen by the wayside,
For
the birds to feed upon
But
I’ve held enough golden sheaves in my hands
To
make me keep sowing on
I’ve
trusted many a friend that’s failed me
And
left me to weep alone
But
enough of my friends have been true-blue
To
make me keep trusting on
I’ve
drained the cup of disappointment and pain,
And
gone many a day without a song
But
I’ve sipped enough nectar from the roses of life
To
make me want to live on
“Giving up when adversity threatens can make a person bitter. Persevering through adversity makes one better.”
I want the better instead of the bitter, don’t you?
Yes, yes!
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