EVERY ADVERSITY HAS THE SEED OF GREATER BENEFIT

Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit "But what if I have a physical handicap? How can a change of attitude help me?" you may ask. Perhaps the story of Tom Dempsey, a boy who was disabled at birth, will give you your answer. 

Tom was born without half a right foot and only a stub of a right arm. As a boy, he wanted to engage in sports as the other boys did. He had a burning desire to play football. Because of this desire, his parents had an artificial foot made for him. It was made of wood. The wooden foot was encased in a special stubby football shoe. Hour after hour, day after day, Tom would practice kicking the football with his wooden foot. He would try and keep on trying to make field goals at greater and greater distances. He became so proficient that he was hired by the New Orleans Saints. 

The screams of 66,910 football fans could be heard throughout the entire United States when, within the last two seconds of the game, Tom Dempsey — with his crippled leg — kicked a recordbreaking 63-yard field goal. It was the longest field goal ever kicked in a professional football game. It gave the Saints a winning score of 19-17 over the Detroit Lions. 

"We were beaten by a miracle," said Detroit coach Joseph Schmidt. And to many, it was a miracle — an answer to a prayer. 

"Tom Dempsey didn't kick that field goal, God kicked it," said Lion linebacker Wayne Walker. 

"Interesting. But what does the Tom Dempsey story mean to me?" you may ask. 

Our response would be: "Very little — unless you develop the habit of recognizing, relating, assimilating and using universal principles and adopt them as your very own. Then follow through with desirable action." 

And what are the principles you could apply from the Tom Dempsey story, whether or not you are physically disabled? They can be learned and applied by children and adults: 

·       Greatness come to those who develop a burning desire to achieve high goals

·       Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep on trying with Positive Mental Attitude.

·       To become and expert achiever in any human activity, it takes practice….practise..practise.

·       Effort and work can become fun when you establish specific desirable goals.

·       With every adversity there is a seed of an equivalent or greater benefit for those who are motivated with Positive Mental Attitude to become achievers.

·       Man’s greatest power lies in the power of prayer.

To learn and apply these principles, turn up your invisible talisman to the PMA side. 

When Henley wrote the poetic lines, "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul," he could have informed us that we are the masters of our fate because we are masters, first, of our attitudes. Our attitudes shape our future. This is a universal law. The poet could have told us with great emphasis that this law works whether the attitudes are destructive or constructive. The law states that we translate into physical reality the thoughts and attitudes which we hold in our minds, no matter what they are. We translate into reality thoughts of poverty just as quickly as we do thoughts of riches. But when our attitude towards ourselves is big, and our attitude towards others is generous and merciful, we attract big and generous portions of success.

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