Good Morning Everyone,
Todays story shows that someone does not have to do great things to be a great person. I am a firm believer that all one learns from being right all the time, is how to have a large ego, and that is not a desirable trait, IMO. Only through ones failures, do we truly learn and grow into compassionate human beings. Thus the saying "Been There, Done That", because if you haven't been there, you cannot have compassion for the person who "Is There".
Todays story:
Sparky
For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed
every subject in the eighth grade. He flunked physics in
high school, getting a grade of zero. Sparky also flunked
Latin, algebra and English. He didn't do much better in
sports. Although he did manage to make the school's golf
team, he promptly lost the only important match of the
season. There was a consolation match; he lost that, too.
Throughout his youth Sparky was awkward socially. He
was not actually disliked by the other students; no one
cared that much. He was astonished if a classmate ever said
hello to him outside of school hours. There's no way to
tell how he might have done at dating. Sparky never once
asked a girl to go out in high school. He was too afraid of
being turned down.
Sparky was a loser. He, his classmates...everyone knew
it. So he rolled with it. Sparky had made up his mind
early in life that if things were meant to work out, they
would. Otherwise he would content himself with what
appeared to be his inevitable mediocrity.
However, one thing was important to Sparky - drawing.
He was proud of his artwork. Of course, no one else
appreciated it. In his senior year of high school, he
submitted some cartoons to the editors of the yearbook. The
cartoons were turned down. Despite this particular
rejection, Sparky was so convinced of his ability that he
decided to become a professional artist.
After completing high school, he wrote a letter to Walt
Disney Studios. He was told to send some samples of his
artwork, and the subject for a cartoon was suggested.
Sparky drew the proposed cartoon. He spent a great deal of
time on it and on all the other drawings he submitted.
Finally, the reply came from Disney Studios. He had been
rejected once again. Another loss for the loser.
So Sparky decided to write his own autobiography in
cartoons. He described his childhood self - a little boy
loser and chronic underachiever. The cartoon character
would soon become famous worldwide. For Sparky, the boy who
had such a lack of success in school and whose work was
rejected again and again, was Charles Schultz. He created
the "Peanuts" comic strip and the little cartoon character
whose kite would never fly and who never succeeded in
kicking a football, Charlie Brown.
Taken from the Biography of Charles Shultz (unauthorized version)
Have a great day!!!
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