Refusing To Accept Failure
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Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he scaled the highest mountain then known to man-29,000 feet straight up. He was knighted for his efforts. He even made American Express card commercials because of it!
However, until we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success. You see, in 1952 he attempted to climb Mount Everest, but failed.
A few weeks later a group in England asked him to address its members. Hillary walked on stage to a thunderous applause. The audience was recognizing an attempt at greatness, but Edmund Hillary saw himself as a failure.
He moved away from the microphone and walked to the edge of the platform. He made a fist and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a loud voice, "Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going to grow... but I'm still growing!"
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They can because they think they can...
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but some things are impossible....
and to try to do them is an exercise in futility and a waste of energy...
even success after attempting it again and again would probably be a Pyrrhic victory...
sometimes, it takes wisdom to say: heck with it.. it's impossible
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you forget the topic on digging hole... it the process that counts, it the thing that come along counts... may not have the desire result but you learn and gain something out from it...Originally posted by the Bear:but some things are impossible....
and to try to do them is an exercise in futility and a waste of energy...
even success after attempting it again and again would probably be a Pyrrhic victory...
sometimes, it takes wisdom to say: heck with it.. it's impossible