"Oh, the Thinks You Can Think Up, If You Only Try!"

Last night, as I was proofreading Erika’s research paper, I learned that Dr. Seuss was rejected 27 times. On his way home one night, he literally ran into an old college pal, who worked for a publishing company. The guy took Seuss’s book, showed it to the people at Vanguard Press. They loved it and published it, and the rest is history.

There is a lesson here. First, it shows you just how meaningless someone else’s opinion is. If Seuss would have allowed the judgment and criticism of those 27 editors to keep him from following his passion, The Cat in the Hat and Horton Hears A Who would not be in our vernacular. The point is to be persistent when you know in your heart of hearts that what you are doing is right. In the end, there is only One whose opinion matters.

Secondly, it’s all about who you know. A passion is in your heart for a reason, but dreams don’t just come true. You have to invest the time in both prayer and work to make that dream a reality. If you network with the right Person, that’s when dreams come true. And the way in which He makes it happens is far better than we could have ever imagined.