When someone tries to place
limitations on you by telling
you what you can or cannot
achieve and how far they
think you can go, refuse it;
remember they don’t know
enough about you to make
know you and are
still in the process of
knowing you, who
else can claim to know
you?
Therefore, when someone puts a label on you,
refuse to wear it (the label is not for you, it is for the
person he or she thinks you are). When someone
tries to place limitations on you by telling you what
you can or cannot achieve and how far they think
you can go, refuse it; remember they don’t know
enough about you to make that judgement.
When David showed up to fight Goliath, Saul the
king said to him, “you are not able to go out against
him because you are only a youth and he has been
a warrior from his youth.” (Paraphrased) Saul said
that because he didn’t know enough about David.
He didn’t know that the young lad (David) had
fought and killed a lion and a bear.
A few years ago, I met a young man who owned
a successful importing/exporting business named
McCarthy, Green & Curlsey. I was curious to know
why he had named his business thus so I asked,
and his reply was not what I expected to hear. He
said, “These are the names of my professors who
told me I would not amount to anything in life.”
that judgement.
Obviously, McCarthy, Green, and Curlsey were
wrong.
Albert Einstein was called dull by one teacher, and
another told him he would not amount to anything
in life, today we celebrate the life of Albert Einstein,
but no one knows the names of those two teachers.
They died without recognition.
David’s father did not think he would amount to
anything much, other than a keeper of the sheep.
He certainly didn’t see a king when he looked at
David because when it was time to present his
sons before Samuel, to the end that one would be
chosen as king, he did not think to invite David. As
a matter of fact, he completely forgot David until
those he hoped would make it did not sail through
and Samuel asked, “Are these all your children?”
(Paraphrased) Eventually, the one he thought
could not be king became king.
So, the next time someone tries to tell you what
you can or cannot do or what you can or cannot
be, don’t take it to heart, understand that they
simply do not know you, they only think they do.
DOZ Magazine July 2017
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