Genius [or Success] knows no handicap
through physical ills. Lord Byron had a club foot. Robert Louis Stevenson and
John Keats had tuberculosis. Charles Steinmetz and Alexander Pope were
hunchbacks. Admiral Nelson had only one eye. Edgar Allan Poe was a mental case.
Charles Darwin was an invalid. Julius Caesar was an epileptic. Thomas Edison
and Ludwig Beethoven were deaf. Peter Stuyvesant had a wooden leg. Handicaps
build strength and will power - and accomplish things.
The next time you can, observe some ants at
work. Place some obstacles in their path. They'll go around them, over them,
under them - but never go back.
- after William Barclay
If you feel like being a total loser today, remember the
people mentioned above. I'm sure they had bouts with doubts, anxiety and
depression during their lives too. Those things, however, did not put them down
for long and kept going. Christians often use 2 Corinthian 12:9, which is a
good thing to remember. The verse states;
" . .
. My grace is all you need, for my power
is greatest when you are weak." I am most happy, then, to be proud of my
weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ's power over me" - Good News Bible
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