Perhaps you have felt at some point in your life that you should just give up. Many people feel like giving up right now. If this is you or someone you know, PLEASE read this, and share it, and know that you are not alone!
When he completed miliary service, he decided to use his self-administered study of the law to enter politics, so he ran for a seat in the Senate. He was defeated by a large majority.
So he temporarily retired from the law and politics and became a storekeeper. His store went bankrupt, and he spent the next seventeen years of his life paying off his debts, picking up whatever odd jobs he could. But his daydreams continued to urge him on.
He fell in love, married, struggled to support his family, and then again entered politics-as a candidate for Congress. He was elected by a very narrow margin, but when he ran for re-election, he was humiliatingly defeated.
Next, he tried to get a position with the United States Land Office, but they refused to hire him. It seemed that everywhere he went, he was ridiculed because of his poor background, his lack of education and social graces. He held up his head, ignored his hurt pride, and decided to run for the United States Senate. Both his friends and enemies, even his family, laughed at him behind his back. Once again, he was defeated.
Eventually, he was nominated for Vice-President at the political convention of a major party. On the final ballot, he lost again-to a political unknown. Running again for the Senate, he waged a campaign which captured the imagination of a nation, but which resulted in only another defeat.
Still, he never stopped following his "daydreams". He didn't dwell on his failures. He continued to intensely and fiercely pursue the ideals and principles in which he believed. And finally, at the age of fifty, wounded by heartache and scarred by repeated defeats, but still clinging fast to his destined life path, Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States.
Imagine if HE had given up! How different would our world be? The same goes for YOU! Cling fast to your destined life path and do not let your defeats stop you. The world needs you! And you, and you! Blessings and Love to all...
