OVERCOMING CHALLENGES.
I really have loved the learning that an education in this
class has given me, this week’s opportunity to discover how to overcome the
varying challenges that you will face in life has been awesome. From an
entrepreneur’s perspective, knowing how to overcome those challenges will make
it so much easier to face whatever comes our way.
My favorite story from the ‘Hero’s Journey’ readings this
week was ‘The Stone on the Road’ by Sarah Arnold, the story was awesome and I’m
including it in my blog so I wont forget it.
There was once a very
rich man who lived in a beautiful castle near a village. He loved the people
who lived in the village, and he tried to help them. He planted beautiful trees
near their houses, and made picnics for their children, and every Christmas he
gave them a Christmas tree. But the people did not love to work. They were very
unhappy, because they, too, could not be rich –like their friend in the castle.
One day the rich man
got up very early in the morning, and placed a large stone in the road which
led past his house. Then he hid himself behind the hedge and waited to see what
would happen.
By and by, a poor man
came along driving a cow. He scolded because the stone lay in his path, but he
walked around it, and went on his way. Then a farmer came, on his way to the
mill. He complained, too, because the stone was there; but he, too, drove
around it, and went on his way.
So the day passed.
Everyone who came by scolded because the stone lay in the road, but no one
touched it.
At last, just at
nightfall, the miller’s boy came past. He was a hard working fellow, and was
very tired, because he had been busy since early morning at the mill. But he
said to himself: “It is almost dark. Somebody may fall over this stone in the
night, and perhaps be badly hurt, I will move it out of the way.”
So he tugged at the
heavy stone. It was hard to move, but he pulled, and pushed, and lifted until
at last he moved it from it’s placed. To his surprise he found a bag lying
underneath.
He lifted the bag. It
was heavy, for it was filled with gold. Upon it was written: “This gold belongs
to the one who moves the stone!”
The miller’s boy went
home with a happy heart, and the rich man went back to his castle. He was glad,
indeed, that he had found someone who was not afraid to do hard things.
In deciding to become an entrepreneur there will be many
stones on the road, are you willing to do the work that will be needed to
succeed? Yes there will be challenges but I also know that if you are willing
to do the work needed you will gain the prize. Nelson Mandela went to prison
for twenty-seven years for what he believed in, there were many stones on the
road he chose but he refused to let others break his spirit. What an amazing attitude
he had and what a great example of courage he was to many of the people in that
country. Becoming and entrepreneur will not be easy but if you are willing to
make the sacrifices needed and to also think of others that you can help along
the way, you will find the strength you need to face each stone on that road.
Another thought that stood out to me was from the talk given
by Elder Holland. “Be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation
of a great work.” YOU are that great work and with effort and patience, and
God’s help you can become great! So do I
want to become an entrepreneur? Bring it on, I am willing to do the work to
achieve success.
