I found this
article as an anonymous Facebook post and just had to blog it because of how I
think it will impact many doubting Thomases, those who lack the confidence to
pursue success as a matter of one’s birth right. I did some minor editing before putting it here.
“At age 5
his Father died.
At age 16 he
quit school.
At age 17 he
had already lost four jobs.
At age 18 he
got married.
Between ages
18 and 22, he was a railroad conductor but failed.
He joined
the army but washed out there.
He applied
for law school but was rejected.
He became an
insurance sales man but failed again.
At age 19 he
became a father.
At age 20
his wife left him and took their baby daughter.
He became a
cook and dishwasher in a small cafe.
He failed in
an attempt to kidnap his own daughter.
Eventually
he convinced his wife to return home.
At age 65 he
retired.
On the 1st
day of retirement he received a cheque from the Government for $105.
He felt that
the Government was saying that he couldn’t provide for himself.
He decided
to commit suicide.
It wasn’t
worth living anymore.
He had
failed so much.
He sat under
a tree writing his will.
But ended up
writing what he would have accomplished with his life.
He realized
there was much more that he hadn’t done.
There was
one thing he could do better than anyone he knew.
And that was how to cook.
So he
borrowed $87 against his cheque and bought and fried up some chicken using his
recipe.
He went door
to door to sell them to his neighbors in Kentucky.
Remember at
age 65 he was ready to commit suicide.
But at age
88 Colonel Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Empire was a
billionaire.
Moral of the
story: Attitude. It's never too late to start all over.
Most
importantly, it's all about your attitude.
Never give
up no matter how hard it gets.
You have
what it takes to be successful.
It's never
too old to dream.”
