NEVER LET THEM CRUSH THAT DREAM

Dr. Ben Carson

 

This is one of the SADDEST stories ever told in Hollywood.
His name is
Sylvestar Stallone. One of the BIGGEST and most famous American Movie superstars.
Back in the day, Stallone was a struggling actor in every definition. At some point, he got so broke that he stole his wife's jewellery and sold it. Things got so bad that he even

ended up homeless. Yes, he slept at the New York bus station for 3 days. Unable to pay rent or afford food. His lowest point came when he tried to sell his dog at the liquor

Sylvestar Stallone

store to any stranger. He didn't have money to feed the dog anymore. He sold it at $25 only. He says he walked away crying.

Two weeks later, he saw a boxing match between Mohammed Ali and Chuck Wepner and that match gave him the inspiration to write the script for the famous movie, ROCKY. He wrote the script for 20 hours! He tried to sell it and got an offer for $125,000 for the script. But he had just
ONE REQUEST. He wanted to STAR in the movie. He wanted to be the MAIN ACTOR. Rocky himself. But the studio said NO. They wanted a REAL STAR.

They said he "Looked funny and talked funny". He left with his script. A few weeks later, the studio offered him $250,000 for the script. He refused. They even offered
$350,000. He still refused. They wanted his movie. But NOT him. He said NO. He had to be IN THAT MOVIE.
After a while, the studio agreed, gave him $35,000 for the script and let him star in it! The rest is history! The movie won Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Film Editing at the prestigious Oscar Awards. He was even nominated for
BEST ACTOR! The Movie ROCKY was even inducted into the
American National Film Registry as one of the greatest movies ever!
And do You know the first thing he bought with the $35,000? THE DOG HE SOLD. Yes, Stallone LOVED HIS DOG SO MUCH that he stood at the liquor store for 3 days waiting for the man he sold his dog to. And on the 3rd day, he saw the man coming with the dog. Stallone explained why he sold the do and begged for the dog back. The man refused. Stallone offered him $100. The man refused. He offered him $500. And the guy refused. Yes, he refused even $1000. And, Believe it or Not, Stallone had to pay $15,000 for the same, same dog he sold at $25 only! And he finally got his dog back! And today,the same Stallone who slept in the streets and sold his dog JUST BECAUSE he couldn't even feed it anymore, is one of the GREATEST Movie Stars who ever walked the Earth!
Being broke is BAD. Really BAD. Have You ever had a dream? A wonderful dream? But You are too broke to implement it? Too tiny to do it? Too small to accomplish it?
Damn! I've been there too many times!

Life is tough. Opportunities will pass you by, just because you are a NOBODY. People will want your products but NOT YOU. Its a tough world. If you ain't already famous, or rich
or "connected", You will find it rough. Doors will be shut on You. People will steal your glory and crash your hopes. You will push and push. And yet NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.
And then your hopes will be crashed. You will be broke. Damn broke. You will do odd jobs for survival. You will be unable to feed yourself. And Yes, you may end up sleeping in the streets.
It happens. Yes, it does. BUT NEVER LET THEM CRUSH THAT DREAM. Whatever happens to You, Keep Dreaming. Even when they crush your hopes, Keep Dreaming. Even when they turn you away, Keep Dreaming.

Even when they shut you down, Keep Dreaming. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF EXCEPT YOURSELF! People will judge You by HOW you look. And by WHAT You have.
But please, Fight on! Fight for Your place in history. Fight for your glory. NEVER EVER GIVE UP!
Even if it means selling all your clothes and sleeping with the dogs, ITS OKAY! But AS LONG AS YOU ARE STILL ALIVE, your STORY IS NOT OVER. TRUST ME.
Keep Up the Fight. Keep your dreams and hope alive. Go get it.

©Bencarson

Benjamin Carson (MD)
Neurosurgeon and Writer


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WHAT YOU CANNOT EAT AS BREAKFAST

If I may ask you this, "do you think you can eat both your Lunch and Dinner as your breakfast"?

Situation can cause you to eat anything as your breakfast even when you do not feel like eating that particular meal but you dare not eat your lunch and dinner as your breakfast meal.
Do you think it is literally possible to eat your lunch and dinner as breakfast?

Now let us be practical about this, some have tried to eat their lunch as breakfast but the eventual result ended up as a disaster. A case study is Esau who because of his haste to gratify his hunger sold his birth right just because of a plate of porridge. He thought then that his birth right wasn't really a major priority but preferred to fill up his tommy instead.

Patience is an important tool in delaying immediate gratification. If you are the type of person that has been seeking for admission into University for a number of time and you have been experiencing set back in form of failure but you think the best way to overcome the misfortune is to look for a crook ( cheating and all sort of corruptible act) way. You might eventually gain the admission but there is always a repercussion that follows. It may not happen immediately but when it occurs it will be very disastrous. It will eventually tell in the future of the person.

A lady that was so desperate to get marry by all means eventually got a man that pretended to be there for her but she eventually regretted embarking on a marital journey with the husband because she never experienced a day happiness in her matrimony. She was eventually brutally murdered by her husband. If she had waited and seek for God's face more, she wouldn't have fallen into the hands of the murderer.

A middle age man that has been predestined to prosper but due to his present predicament, he eventually embarked on a money ritual. The ritual was successful but he never enjoyed the prosperity for more than a year before he eventually turns mad. Even throughout the one year he couldn't sleep comfortably because he had to sleep with some deity that has been possessed with evil spirit and power every night. If he hadn't eaten his lunch as breakfast, he would have become a prosperous person and enjoyed it with longer years.

The moral lesson here is that no matter the situation we find ourselves, we should be PATIENT. Don't ever try to help God out in your present predicament. God's time is always the best. A big testimony always takes patience to manifest. Look at how many years it took Abraham and Sarah to give birth to Isaac (a promise child). It also took Isaac and Rebekah many years before the prophecy of giving birth to two great nations which finally came to past. It took Zechariah and Elizabeth many years before the front runner of Christ (John the Baptist) was born.
If Absalom had been patient, he would have succeeded his father’s (David) throne but he was in haste to overthrow his father and to become the next king even though David was still alive. The kingship was however given to Solomon due to Absalom lack of patience.
Patience is the ability to bear or suffer. Are you ready to bear your present situation?
Be patience, trust God, and have the faith that God will grant you a total recovery of your lost time in your course of waiting and compensate you with uncommon Grace.
God bless you!!!

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