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Carolyn Smagalski
Persistence
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"Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least
expect it, there will be a fish," wrote Ovid, Roman poet who
lived from 43 B.C. to 18 A.D. It seems as if he knew Frank
Epperson.
In 1905, eleven-year-old Frank Epperson lived in San
Francisco. He had left a fruit drink out overnight, with a
stir-stick in it. It happened to be a chilly night. The drink
froze, producing a new treat. This frozen treat was
originally called the Epsicle, after the original inventor.
Epperson did not get a patent on his "frozen ice on a
stick" until 18 years later in 1923. The Epsicle was
later renamed the Popsicle. Epperson also invented the twin
Popsicle, with two sticks so two children could share it. He
also invented the Fudgesicle, Creamsicle and Dreamsicle. That
is the incredible magic of tenacity.
Lao Tse wrote, "In this world, there is nothing softer or
thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it
has no equal. That the weak overcomes the strong, that the
hard gives way to the gentle -- this everyone knows. Yet no
one asks accordingly."
It is difficult to continuously strive for your dreams when
the most well intentioned among your colleagues have
compelling stories of all those who failed, of those who "lost
their shirts," and those who worked for years and had nothing
to show for it. You must learn to build an impervious wall
against these negative influences. Their advice is worth what
you paid for it. Absolutely nothing!
Keep with your plan of action. Allow the power of your
incredible perseverance to be a reflection of that which you
see in nature. The ocean displays periods of great activity,
but she also rocks through cycles of calm; however, she never
stops her constant motion. Allow your dreams to evolve and
to run through the cycles of success, much like nature runs
through the cycles of the seasons.
"Most of the important things in the world have been
accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there
seemed to be no hope at all," said Dale Carnegie.
Stay with it. You have a monumental dream to establish.
Yours is unlike any other that has ever existed on the earth.
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