Search Topics
If at first you don’t succeed….
Submitted by: Ron S.
Fort Myers, FLRon is an avid photographer, writer/poet when not toiling away at work. He also loves talking about the beauty of SouthWest Florida to all who will listen.
Sunday night was dragging at work. And I had been scheduled to work Monday, then be off the next 2 days after that. It had been quite a while since I was off 3 days in a row, so I called my boss up and told him that I had to take care of some personal stuff Monday. He was ok with it, since we had a lot of staff that night anyway.
When I got home, I was feeling depressed, as I went to my mailbox and saw all these bills piled up. I kept saying to myself, “I need money, I need money, etc”. The next day, I went to the local bank to make a payment on my loan. Joe, the customer service rep there, said to me out of the blue, “Perhaps we can try to get you a little more money, Ron. You have been a very good customer with us.” I have tried several times in the last couple of months, and each time, I heard “Not approved”.
Yet SOMEHOW, I felt me taking off this day was going to mean something MORE. Joe put in the paperwork to the main office, and I sat and waited. He turns and says, “Go home and bring me a paystub. I will have this done by the time you come back.” I was doubting myself the entire time, “Great, build me up to let me down!” Not THIS time!!!
I walked in, Joe was talking to someone, and he smiles at me, and then says as he is hanging up, “You got $1,100 dollars!”
I can’t even begin to tell you all how happy I was. And when I got home, I looked at my wall filled with all the postive affirmations, from words to pictures.
I am NOW fully convinced that if You Believe, You can Achieve!