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A lesson for living 生活的一课-(111202)


"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. "If you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment."


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Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer. I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station - and got turned down every time.


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In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring an inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks and find a small station that'll give you a chance," she said.


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I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn't hired.


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My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens for the best," Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.


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As I left his office, my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud, "How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?"


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I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, "What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game.


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On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother's words: "If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment."


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I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.


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回复 25# 安德森


    U can write down ur own feelings..haha

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回复 26# 生物炭


    much right.

many guy's replies are very meaningful.

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回复 24# lingfeng881


    yeah,I agree.

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回复 23# lingfeng881


    I see

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如果不是曾经的失望,美好的事情是不会发生的。很有道理哦

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We can only setbacks under static impetuous heart to think about... What do life forward and insist, thank you for sharing, a blessing.

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回复 21# sunny萝卜


    I think it write wondful !!do you think ?

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because I think this story is wondful!!!
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  • sunny萝卜

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回复 19# lingfeng881


    I'm glad to here that.

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回复 18# lingfeng881


    what do you surprise?

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回复 17# hohoxu_hao115


    yeah,there has a contrast,you will find what you have now is not bad.

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I read this paper!!!it's very nice!!!
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  • sunny萝卜

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I think it's suprised!!!

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如果不是曾经的失望,美好的事情是不会发生的。

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回复 15# 心魔作祟


   of course!  I graduated.

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回复 14# sunny萝卜


   Could I ask you a question?Are you a student or have to work?

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回复 13# 心魔作祟


    My pleasure!

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回复 12# sunny萝卜


   Thank you ,thank you my friend!

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回复 7# 心魔作祟


    hope you can move on  and get what you want. God bless you!

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