{"id":15921,"date":"2017-01-29T16:18:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T16:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/?p=15921"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:31:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T17:31:28","slug":"dream-big-then-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/dream-big-then-persist\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Big & Then Persist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dream Big on Your Journey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Things are not as they always appear.\u00a0 Opportunity has a habit of showing up where it is least expected.\u00a0 It also often\u00a0appears\u00a0in disguise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Too often we pray and seek answers then get frustrated because they don’t “seem” to come.\u00a0 I can pretty much assure you that the answer will come, but are you ready or positioned to see it?\u00a0 The key to “seeing” is having an open mind.\u00a0 I am truly amazed at the people who are presented with a life-changing opportunity and fail to see it because they are closed-minded.\u00a0 They hear something and immediately have an\u00a0opinion that usually has no basis in reality.\u00a0 They base their opinions on past experiences or the opinions of unqualified people.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Bible says, “Ask and it will be given to you.\u00a0 Seek and you will find.\u00a0 Knock and the door will be opened to you.”\u00a0 These statements are not “if’s”, they are truth and apply to anyone.\u00a0 Let’s take Thomas Edison for example.\u00a0 He was seeking a way to produce consistent light.\u00a0 He tried over 10,000 times to develop the filament for his light bulb invention.\u00a0 Did you get that number?\u00a0 OVER 10,000 times!\u00a0 Most people would say he failed\u00a0 over 10,000 times, but not Mr. Edison.\u00a0 He looked at it as 10,000 ideas that didn’t work.\u00a0 He was determined to “fail” his way to success.\u00a0 He instinctively knew the law of “asking, seeking, and knocking” as put forth by Jesus.\u00a0 This is not a religious law, it’s a law of creation just as gravity is a law and it works every time.\u00a0 However, the law of\u00a0“asking, seeking, knocking’ is governed by another law:\u00a0the law\u00a0of persistence!<\/span><\/p>\n

People mocked Thomas Edison and wrote him off as a Nut.\u00a0 But that\u00a0“Nut” had faith and trusted the\u00a0laws of God’s creation.\u00a0 He was convinced inwardly that\u00a0if he tried enough times, the law of success would kick\u00a0in and\u00a0grant him his request.<\/span><\/p>\n

The answer to Thomas Edison’s puzzle came in a dream during one of his infamous afternoon\u00a0cat naps.\u00a0 The answer was simple and was always there, but\u00a0he could not see<\/em> it.\u00a0 It took his persistence to open the door to the success\u00a0that he sought.\u00a0 The answer came in a flash…but it was preceded with over 10,000 attempts or so-called failures<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas Edison had a dream of constant light that would change the way the world would see things.\u00a0 That dream drove him to do what most men would even dare to do.\u00a0 He stuck with his dream until it became a reality.\u00a0 What marked Thomas Edison was his ability to see things differently and persistence to find his answers…until.\u00a0 The answer to his filament question was with regards to something that had nothing to do with light.\u00a0 But when the answer came, no matter how illogical, he tried it and it worked!<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn to develop your ability to look at things differently.\u00a0 You never know, \u00a0your answer might be starring you right in the face.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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