As a winding river will find a way around most any obstacle, so my life has flowed around denials of a straight path. I am one of those people who never takes "No" for an answer. I think of my schooling, for example. I dreamed of being discovered by a professor whose occurrence would open a career path for me. That never happened, but I got a top-notch and diverse education nevertheless. I dreamed of a career in management – that never happened, but I had a fulfilling career in computers that opened opportunities only dimly perceivable in my younger days. I wanted to have a life mate, but the endeavor encountered prolonged delay – yet eventually happened and bestowed gratifying fulfillment. Even today I don't take "No" for an answer. My dearth of natural talent would suggest that I will never be able to play the guitar. But I will do so, and a year from now will post a link to YouTube of me giving a private recital. God has put in my heart the drive for self-expression. That is reliably accomplished in one way or another always in line with the inexorable disciplines and destinies of God.
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