From FOCUS ON THE FAMILY, Today, 13-May-2008 edition
Take Another Run At Life
By Dr James Dobson
The year was 1913: Douglas Mawson and his two companions
found themselves about 500m from camp in a blinding blizzard.
While making their way back, one fell to his death in a crevice,
taking with him most of the food, provisions for their dogs
and their only tent. Soon, the other companion died of
hypothermia.
Alone and suffering from stomach cramps, delusions and
severe fatigue, Mawson also stumbled into a crevice.
For the first time in his life, he contemplated giving up.
“How easy to simply let go and end all the pain and toil,”
he thought.
Instead, with all the strength he could muster, he pulled himself
out of the crevice and continued to make his way back to camp.
Mawson survived the ordeal and returned to
where he was knighted and hailed a hero. He died at a ripe old age
of 76, after a happy and prosperous life.
Are you about to give up, to cut the harness and plunge into the abyss?
If so, I urge you to gut it out and take another run at life. History
is replete with examples of men and women who have persevered
and succeeded when nothing but hope remained.
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