When you promote yourself or any worthy cause, a miracle can happen. As you will see in Today’s Story, persistence brought about a beautiful miracle – but only because success was the only option for this little girl.
Andrew’s Miracle
A little girl went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet.
She poured the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Three times even. The total had to be exactly perfect. No chance here for mistakes.
Carefully placing the coins back in the jar and twisting on the cap, she slipped out the back door and made her way 6 blocks to Rexall’s Drug Store.
She waited patiently for the pharmacist to give her some attention, but he was too busy at this moment.
Tess twisted her feet to make a scuffing noise. Nothing. She cleared her throat with the most disgusting sound she could muster. No good.
Finally, she took a quarter from her jar and banged it on the glass counter. That did the trick!
“And what can I do for you?” the pharmacist asked in an annoyed tone of voice. “I’m talking to my brother from Chicago whom I haven’t seen in ages,” he said without waiting for a reply to his question.
“Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,” Tess answered. “He’s really, really sick….and I want to buy a miracle.”
In a softening voice; “I beg your pardon?” said the pharmacist.
“His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?”
“We don’t sell miracles here, little girl. I’m sorry but I can’t help you,” the Pharmacist said.
“Listen, I have the money to pay for it. If It isn’t enough, I will get the rest. Just tell me how much it costs.”
The pharmacist’s brother was a well dressed man. He stooped down and asked the little girl, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”
“I don’t know,” Tess replied with her eyes welling up with tears. “I just know he’s really sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But Daddy said they can’t pay for it, so I want to use my money.”
“How much do you have?” asked the man from Chicago.
“One dollar and eleven cents,” Tess answered barely audibly. “It’s all the money I have, but I can get some more if I need to.”
“Well, what a coincidence,” smiled the man. “A dollar and eleven cents — the exact price of a miracle for little brothers.”
He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said, “Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let’s see if I have the miracle you need.”
That well dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neuro-surgery.
After evaluating Andrew’s condition, he made all the arrangements. The operation was completed free of charge and it wasn’t long until Andrew was home again and doing well.
Mom and Dad were happily talking about the chain of events that had led them to this place. “That surgery,” her mom whispered, “was a real miracle. I wonder how much it would have cost?”
Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost. “One dollar and eleven cents.”
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Miracles can happen in your life and business pursuits when you are persistent and when your heart is in the right place at the right time. This principle of success applies to your need to be relentless at promoting yourself, your abilities and your talents.
Sir Issac Newton’s first Law of Motion states: “An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an outside force.”
Don’t be an ‘object’ that stays at rest. Set a positive direction. Put this idea into motion. Be persistent, even relentless, at promoting yourself. As you do, you will see your career gain momentum and ongoing success will continue to follow you.
“There is only one way to succeed at anything, and that is to give it everything.”
Vince Lombardi