Victor Parachin' s "NEVER GIVE UP!" JUNE 2018 Signs of the TIMES.

My grateful thanks to both the author and this magazine. (John B).

     Once upon a time, [NOW you know this is but a story, as some like to call the first 11  chapters of Genesis, being but an allegory.] but as a story it has both a universal appeal, as well as a story about life, and not ever giving up!
    WHY?
    Mostly you will not nor can't fail, if you do not give up. Giving up is really giving up on self, right? Now to the story...

   Two frogs living in a farm pond, near the farmer's barn, on one bright sunny day, they both decided to explore the broader area, so they made their way into the barn. There, they both by accident jumped into a large bucket half filled with cream. Within it, they found the side far too slick to climb out, and the cream did not allow them to just jump out, so they both kept on swimming, and swimming, until the larger of the two said, "I am far too tired to keep on swimming, and it's impossible for us to get out, there's just no point!"
     The smaller frog tried to encourage his friend, but after a few more minutes the larger frog just gave up and gradually sank to the bottom, of the bucket.
      However, tapping into his determination and persistence, the smaller frog said to himself, "I'm not giving up." so he continued to paddle, to swim, and to glide in the cream. After a while he noticed that the cream, was getting thicker and thicker, and making it much harder to swim, yet he kept on trying, to move. But, as he kept moving he found that the liquid cream had turned into butter, and it was solid enough for the frog to jump back out, into the barn. His relief was immense, his joy overwhelming, and his confidence, through the roof!

    This cute story has made its way across the globe, and across the ages. It's timeless in its appeal to children as well as adults because of its simple principle that it teaches, "NEVER GIVE UP". Just as with this story, both we and the frog, never know the moment when it all changes for the good!

    Here are some suggestions to help you face down challenges, overcome adversities, conquer problems, banish self-doubts, meet your goals, and enjoy a mor3e constructive and dynamic life.

REMAIN POSITIVE:  

     Anurag Harsh,a management consultant and author of several books [ Grow Develop Yourself for Success, writes: "A positive attitude is not fanciful; rather it is a driving force. It is the desire to move forward, to persevere when others are retreating in the face of change and hardship".

NOTE(JB): You can start your car, and give it the gas, but until YOU actually put it in gear, nothing moves! A Positive Mental Attitude  PMA, is required within all of us, IF we want to make a change. Remember the one fact that proves one is crazy? Keep dong the same thing over and over, yet expect a different outcome every time!

     Recently, OPRAH MAGAZINE, editors asked readers, "What person in your life made the world a better place?"  One responded, a Jan Lamont of Sammamish WA., who wrote: "My Dad, While he was working in a store, a young Japanese American came to apply for a job, even an entry level one. No one, it seems would hire him being it just after W.W.2, but my father gave him a chance. For nearly 50 years Yosh worked hard and smart, and helped the company expand to seven stores... and ended up as the president of the company.  All in the face of real and even hostile prejudice, that followed the war. Yosh kept up his PMA, to success.

    One needs only to look to Arnold Schwarzengegger's life. His Father did not agree with his career choice, of becoming a professional body-builder. It was not until he won the Mr. Universe, he was told, "If you want to build big muscles, chop wood" Arnold refused to listen, to all the negativity. In stead he studies five hours a day in acting and English lessons. He suffered one rejection after another many times having to hear, "People want to hear John Wayne talk, not to look at your over-developed body."  Who could deny his success, financially?

FORTIFY YOUR MIND WITH INSPIRING QUOTES:

Luke 21:15  For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

Galatians 6:9  And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

2 Thessalonians 3:13  But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

Luke 11:9  And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
NOTE(JB): as with all endeavors, we must self-prepare, at birth we can only breath, cry, and eat, but as we grow, we learn. Thus without learning what can we do?

Proverbs 10:4  He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
slack hand= a lazy person.

2 Corinthians 4:8-9  We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;  Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

Note(JB): Dream.... yes, but be realistic, and dream within your knowledge base. A Person of the height of 4 foot three, will not ever become a huge basketball star! Yet he or she might become its greatest ever coach!

Thanking Y O U for your time.

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