But, regardless of how difficult they have done things around us, and no matter the differences among us of contradictions, political interests, words, races, or religions that often restrain creativity and put barriers among us, we can still make it. Everyone, in his own canvas, has enough time to draw a story about humanity, towards positive direction, and a new culture that we will eventually be forced to accept, primarily due to climate change that comes from within the universe which we travel by the vessel Earth.
Reading a very short biography, of the incredible story of the president of the United States Abraham Lincoln, one can understand what it means for a man with persistence, incredible inner strength and positive vision, not only to accomplish but also to engrave the most astonishing story in our souls.
In the following, I mention very quickly some elements, so as not to tire you my friend, but also for myself to have it here and be able to read it every now and then. These are facts of the path of life of Abraham Lincoln:
In 1816 his family was evicted and he was forced to work to support them.
In 1816 his family was evicted and he was forced to work to support them.
In 1818 his mother died, while Abraham Lincoln was still in his childhood tender age.
In 1831 he tries his luck as a businessman and fails.
In 1832 he runs as a candidate for Member of Parliament and he lost.
In 1832 he was dismissed from his work, and he failed in his Law School exams.
In 1833 he borrowed money from a friend to start a business, and then went bankrupt.
In 1834 again he runs as a candidate for Member of Parliament. This time he was elected.
In 1835 few days before his wedding, his beloved died, and he became depressed.
In 1836 he stayed in bed for over six months due to a nervous breakdown.
In 1838 he tried to become rapporteur of the Legislature and failed.
In 1840 he tried to become elector of his political party and failed.
In 1843 he runs as a candidate for Congress and failed.
In 1846 he runs as a candidate for Congress and failed once again.
In 1848 he runs as a candidate for Congress, and your guess is correct my friend, he simply failed.
In 1849 he tried to be elected governor of the state where he lived. He failed.
In 1854 he runs as a candidate for United States senator and failed. He failed.
In 1856 he tried to be elected deputy in the national congress party and again he failed.
In 1858 he runs as a candidate once again for United States senator and again he failed, failed and failed.
In 1860 he was elected President of the United States.
As you realize my fellow reader, this is not just a short story of persistence, this is the incredible story of evolution and positive confrontation with the difficulties of a great personality of world history, to achieve his objective.
You also are such a strong personality, like me, like all of us. Regardless of how we live in an endless battlefield, and no matter how our life continues to be full of landmines, we ought to find the detour that will enable us to walk the path of creation and positivity. Regardless of how much of a bloody battle our life is, we can catch up and make a positive short or longer story.
I wish you every positive thinking and creativity and I greet you my friend, reader and fellow traveler, always with good intentions but incompatible, as to ugliness. Our life is a battlefield, but we can still make it, each of us individually, to achieve creating a short story for the best.
And as for our short story here is one more thing.
“The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself: It’s a slip and not a fall.” This was a statement of Abraham Lincoln after a failure in the elections to the US Senate.
