A Dark Period Unposted Part 2: I will not be denied!

July was a challenging month for me.  I was in a constant battle with discouragement.  But God, would send stories like this one to encourage me. Enjoy:

 Over lunch, a dear friend shared with me the most amazing story of shear determination.  A friend of hers whom I’ll call Dizzy D., got the alarming news one morning from his soon-to-be ex wife.  “Yeah, my parents are taking the kids to California for the summer.  They are at the airport right now.”  Immediately, Dizzy D. bolted to the airport determined to see his beloved children before they left.  Dizzy D. arrives at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport, one of the most well secured and busiest airport in the country, with one mission in his heart, “I will not be denied! I must see my children.” Dizzy D. weaves through the security line and gets to the first ticket check point.  Frantic internally, Dizzy D. calmly declares to the security agent, ”My children are back there.  I must see them.”   He agrues with the agent until they let him through to the next.  At the security line, Dizzy D. exclaims, “May children are back there. I must see them.” Withing a few short mintues, Dizzy D. is hugging his precious children goodbye.  The only thought going through Dizzy D.’s mind was, ”I will not be denied!”

When you are fighting for your dream, those words, “I will not be denied,” need to be your battle cry.  You must make up your mind that there is nothing that will stop  you.   Medititate on this poem, The Man Who Thinks He Can, by Walter D. Wintle:

THE MAN WHO THINKS HE CAN

by Waler D. Wintle

If you think you are beaten, you are.

If you dare not, you don’t.
If you would like to win, but you think you can’t.It’s almost a cinch you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose. you’re lost.
For out in the world we find,
success begins with a fellow’s will,
its all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed,you are.
You’ve got think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before you can ever win a prize.

Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or the faster man, but sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

Keep fighting for  your dream!