Do yourself a favor, and watch this moving little film clip. It’ll take you less than a minute to watch, and I guarantee that you’ll be inspired!
Enjoy.
- Eric Falcon
Clip Notes: This is from an awesome film that came out in movie theaters in 2007 and inspired thousands. The Pursuit of Happyness stars Will Smith and is based on the true story of Chris Gardner, who went from being homeless while caring for his young son to eventually becoming highly successful, because he found and tapped into his inner strength.
“The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The message in this video is about waking up and remembering what lies within you…realizing the power and the potential of the magnificent soul which resides within every human heart.
Like each of us, you have a calling to discover and display that soul for the world to see.. or to choose instead to let it lie dormant, neglected, and overshadowed by a more shallow self.
It’s not about e.g.o. (edging God out), but instead it’s about realizing that within you is a “spark of the divine”. You carry around within you a piece of that same awesome, creative, and divine Force that forms the universe.
“Look harder….”
“You see….? He lives in you…”
The masters and great teachers of the past have all taught us….the way to discover and connect with this creative and divine Force that exists within and around us (aka, God…Love), is to spend some time each day in prayer and meditation.
- Eric Falcon
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”- Matthew 5:16
Watching this astounding film clip made me remember some of my favorite quotes on perseverance and determination.
I hope that reading the words of wisdom I’ve posted below…and watching this heroic act which was caught unexpectedly on film by a camera crew making a nature show….will give you the strength that you need for whatever trials or struggles you might be going through.
- Eric Falcon
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie
“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. ” – Louis Pasteur
“A champion is someone who gets up, even when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey
“If you are going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ” – William Feather
“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.” – James A. Michener
“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” – George Patton
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” – Calvin Coolidge
“When things go wrong as they sometimes will;
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill;
When the funds are low, and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but have to sigh;
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but do not quit.
Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you can never tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit-
It’s when things go wrong that you must not quit.”
~ Unknown
“Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” – Unknown
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” – Thomas Jefferson
“Never give in – Never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” – Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister (spoken in the early dark days of WWII on October 29, 1941)
“The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
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