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Luck Shines on the Deserving
Alexander Graham Bell was desperately trying to invent a hearing aid for his partially
deaf wife. He failed at inventing a hearing aid but in the process discovered the principles
of the telephone. You wouldn't call someone like that lucky, would you?Good luck is
when opportunity meets preparation. Without effort and preparation, lucky coincidences
don't happen.
LUCK
He worked by day
And toiled by night.
He gave up play
And some delight.
Dry books he read,
New things to learn.
And forged ahead,
Success to earn.
He plodded on with
Faith and pluck;
And when he won,
Men called it luck.
--Anonymous
19. Lack of Purpose
If we read stories of people who overcame serious disabilities, it becomes evident that
their burning desire to succeed was their driving force. They had a purpose in life. They
wanted to prove to themselves that they could do it in spite of all odds--and they did.
Desire is what made a paralytic Wilma Rudolph the fastest woman on the track at the
1960 Olympics, winning three gold medals.
According to Glen Cunningham, "Desire is what made a boy with burnt legs set the world
record in the one mile run."
A polio victim at the age of five started swimming to regain strength. It was because of
her desire to succeed that she went on to become a world record holder at three events
and won the gold at the 1956 Olympics at  Melbourne. Her name is Shelley Mann.
When people lack purpose and direction, they see no opportunity. If a person has the
desire to accomplish something, the direction to know his objective, the dedication to stay
focused, and the discipline required to put in the hard work, then other things come easy.
But if you don't have them, it doesn't matter what else you have.
Character is the foundation upon which all else is built. It endures.