Show wanting and getting it has been said that the reason so few people get what they want in this world is that they do not want it hard enough there is profound truth at the bottom of this odd conceit earnest striving and perseverance are rare qualities A little struggle and then a falling off a few faint efforts and then despair this is the usual story of attempts to get anything whether it be a physical mental or spiritual good but to long for a thing so strongly that for the sake of its attainment ona can conquer obstacles live down opposition ignore discouragement and work persistently and through years of trial and obscurity toward the fulfillment of a hope is not this the record of all grand achievement and the history of all purposeful lives many more wishes might se realized if people were willing to pay this price for them anything worth having in this world is dear including experience genius itself has been defined as only unlimited patience or an endless capacity for hard work it was told of some celebrated general that he never knew when he was defeated by and by he could not be defeated A little of the same spirit infused into ordinary life work would make many a dream possible that now seems to the wistful dreamer as extravagant as the cloudiest castle in spain harpers bazar |