[nukkad] Inspirational story-1: Forwarded article by Rajababu

["Rajababu Nivraaj" <>]

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It's a poor sort of memory that only works backward. 
-Lewis Carroll, mathematician and writer (1832-1898)
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   Do you feel limited ?...  Folks , Do you  feel limited ?   You may
 think
    that achievements are only done by special people, better people.
 But
   what
    makes those who achieve greatness excel isn't necessarily
 extraordinary
    talent or brains or aptitude but rather the fact that they are
 willing
  to
    go out and do  something with what they have got.   It is attitude.
 It
   is
    action.  Would you like to do things that seem to be impossible to
you
 ?
    Do you feel that Circumstances are against you?  Country superstar
  Shania
    Twain grew up poor. At 22, her  parents were killed in a car crash.
 Her
    first CD bombed. Her second sold 9 million copies.  Nelson Mandela
 spent
   30
    years in prison before becoming the President of South Africa.
Tommy
    Hilfiger started his business by selling jeans from the trunk of his
 car
  .
    In 1962, Decca Records wouldn't give the Beatles a recording
contract.
    Twenty-three publishers rejected Theodore Geisel, "Dr.Seuss," before
 his
    first book was accepted.Tom      Ruth Fertel had two small boys and
a
  low
    paying job when her husband left. She mortgaged her house to start a
  small
    restaurant.Her chain of Ruth's Chris Steak Houses is now nationally
    respected.  Ray Kroc was fifty-two when he bought the McDonald
 brothers'
    hamburger stand and Colonel Sanders began his chain when he was in
his
    mid-sixties.  Do you feel that you don't have that dream personality
 to
  do
    it ?   Glenn Cunningham's legs were burned so badly that he was told
  that
   he
    would never walk again.  He won an Olympic gold medal in track.  Max
   Cleland
    stepped on a mine in Vietnam and lost an arm and two legs. He went
on
 to
    become the youngest person to administer the U.S. Veterans
  Administration
    and was the first Vietnam  veteran to head the agency. He is
    now a United States Senator.   Eddie Timanus lost his eyesight to
    retinoblastoma tumors at age  2. He became a sports reporter for USA
  Today
    and a champion  on the TV quiz show Jeopardy.  As a child, Wilma
 Rudolph
    caught pneumonia and scarlet fever leaving her with a crippled left
 leg.
   She
    later won three Olympic gold medals in track.  Helen Keller was
blind
  and
    deaf. She became a teacher, a  writer and an inspiration to
millions.
    Jackie Joyner-Kersee came from an impoverished background. Her
family
  life
    was traumatic. Her mother died. She had asthma. Yet she has won
seven
    Olympic medals.  Heather Whitestone is deaf and yet became the 1995
 Miss
    America.   Do you feel that people with special education can only
  acheive
   ?
    Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard to go into business writing
computer
    software.  Winston Churchill graduated last in his college class.
 Elvis
   got
    an F in music.  Les Brown, the great motivational speaker, was
labeled
    "educable mentally retarded" in grade school.  Muriel Seibert was
the
   first
    woman to make one billion dollars and she only had a high school
  diploma.
    Richard Branson of Virgin Airlines, with a net worth estimated at
$1.9
    billion, dropped out of high school.  Stephen Spielberg was an
unknown
 C
    student in high school.  Thomas Edison had only three months of
formal
    education.  Sean Connery quit school at age 13 with a sixth grade
    education. One of his early jobs was polishing coffins. His first
 acting
    coach told him that he needed more schooling. That day, he  picked
up
 a
   book
    and started reading and has never stopped.  Do you feel that you are
 shy
   and
    too nervous ?  In 1965 Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek were Trying to
 get
    their new band, The Doors, started by playing in small clubs around
   LA.There
    were just two problems - the audiences hated them and  Morrison
 couldn't
    face the audience.   It was much more than being nervous or
reluctant
 to
   go
    onstage.   He literally could not face the audience while he was
   performing.
    He would sing while facing the blank wall at the back of the stage
  giving
    the audience a clear view of the back of his head!  To  avoid this
    embarrassing scene, Ray would do most of the singing. Yet, Ray knew
 that
   it
    was Morrison who was blessed with  the extraordinary singing talent.
 It
   was
    Morrison's voice that could  turn around the hostility of the
crowds.
  Ray
    was certain that if he kept pestering Morrison to connect and keep
    practicing that they would eventually find their audience and
success.
  He
    did keep practicing. By taking action, night after night and
 exercising
    little bits of courage, he was able slowly to overcome his fear and
  became
    an incredible  stage performer able to bring stadiums full of
cheering
    people to their feet.  Would you like to stand as a pillar of
strength
   when
    those about you are crumbling?     Sure you Can .   Get Charged up.
   Change
    your thoughts.  Make them stronger.    You can do it .  Never tell
   yourself
    that you can't do this or that.  Never assert negatively that it
just
   isn't
    possible.  Have faith in yourself and tell yourself that you can .
    Author Unknown
      Contributed by : Anita Jayaram
   

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