Chase for NO
Wow chase for NO, wow this is crazy did this guy actually say chase the NO. Well yes I did chase the NO. In our lives we all at some point and time have experienced the word NO. Weather it was mostly during childhood or even in your adulthood, rejection is a part of your daily life; it's just all how you take it. Most people see or hear the word NO and it stops them in their tracks, while others see it and look for ways around it. The best example I can think of for NO are two. The first example is the traffic light, and the second comes from my friend Jacob. Being that everyone knows about traffic lights I will talk about Jacob. The story of Jacob in the bible is not a secret from many Christians but for those that are not familiar allow me to catch you up. This will be the abbreviated version. Jacob desire to marry this woman that was beautiful, he had no money so in exchange to marry her he made a deal with her father. He would work for her father to build the level of expectation or qualifications to marry her once obtained he would marry her. The women Jacob wanted to marry was the youngest sister, in the custom it was not possible for the younger sister to marry before the older sister. The fathers knowing the custom tricked Jacob and switch the daughters. The next morning when Jacob woke he saw that he married the wrong daughter. He went to the father and made arrangements to marry the other daughter as well. Long story short he married the two and got what he wanted. The traffic light we all see them and we all go through them but actually do we think about the lesson we learn each time we stop at them. Red means Stop Yellow means Slow, and Green Means Go. Let's look at it like this when we are stopped by a traffic light the light is cutting us off or telling us NO. We must sit at the light until we see the Go. Well in life instead of looking at the term NO as a word of rejection I must challenge you to look at it as New Opportunities. There is always a NO in every rejection. If you recall your adolescent years you can recall times when your parents told you NO and after much begging and scheming you finally got what you wanted. It does not matter if it took moment's hour's even days you reached your goal. We must recapture these moments in order to reach our desired level of success. No battle is given to the swift or the strong it's given to the one that endures the one that wants it the most. The story is told of a battle between a fox and an ant. The fox bragged about being able to beat the ant the and ant bragged about beating the fox. The two set up to race to see who would win. As they prepared to race the fox smile and strutted as the ant simply prepared himself, the on lookers told the ant he was crazy that is was no way possible that he could beat the fox. Every one told him NO do not do it. The ant blocked them out and positioned himself for the race. The fox lined up, on your marks get set GO! The race began and off they went the ant jumped on the back of the fox and climbed his way up to the fox head and positioned himself as the fox ran as hard and as fast as he could. When the fox reached the finish line the ant leaped off the fox and crossed the line first. He did it the ant won, when the fox asked him how he did it; he replied I looked for a New Opportunity.
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