Persistence

Wayne Dyer wrote a book that he believed was important and much needed by a lot of people. Upon completing his book, he began to search for a publisher. All his search brought him were rejection slips. Not one publisher saw any market for Dyer's work.

Discouraged but undaunted, he dipped into his own pocket and published the book himself. Then, he took to the roads to peddle it. He'd arrange appearances on local talk shows around the country, then stuff his car full of books and tell area booksellers he was going to be on the radio or TV the next day - and that he would provide them books to meed the demand created by his appearance. He did this for two years, selling a few books at a time.

One night, he taped a show in San Francisco - at 3 A.M. About seventeen people were tuned in. But, one of the people was Johnny Carson. Carson loved Dyer's stuff. Soon, Dyer appeared on The Tonight Show, and sales of his book Your Erroneous Zones skyrocketed. Dyer became a best-selling author and didn't have to do any more 3 A.M. tapings.

The lesson here: Always do your best and never, never give up. You never know who may be listening, or watching, or reading.

Work hard so God can say to you, "Well done." 

2 Timothy 2:15 TLB