Your life changes the moment you stop letting the critics hold you back
It was President Teddy Roosevelt who spoke the immortal words, “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly.
“So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
It is well documented that one of the greatest fears people have is the fear of failing, so much so that many just decide to not even try. I agree with Eben Pagan who shared, “I don’t really believe in failure as a concept.” There are really only lessons learned in the process of growth.
Paul Cho, who oversees a congregation of one million people in Korea always asked God to send him anywhere but Japan. He had in intense hatred for the Japanese and their war crimes in WWII.
However, he was invited to come to Japan to speak to 1000 pastors and felt he should go. As he stood before the crowd he was silent. Trembling he spoke into the microphone, “I hate you. I hate you. I hate you.”
One by one the Japanese pastors approached the podium, knelt and asked forgiveness. As tears and emotion swept through the auditorium Paul Cho proclaimed, “I love you. I love you. I love you.”
Was
Pages: 1 2