Prior to computers and type writers, when individuals felt like they had something important to remember, a diary or journal would be pulled out of a drawer to record these thoughts. Unfortunately, many of these ideas weren’t discovered until someone dies, found by family members while sorting through personal belongings. Some of the greatest poets of all time did not become famous until after their death, as their pieces were found, gathered and put together into a collection.
These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come, 1 Corinthians 10:11.
Today, I keep a journal next to by bed. In the past, I’ve allowed great ideas to drift away, lost in my mind before I could write them down. In the morning, my memory vanished, forgetting an analogy, dream or vision. One of the draw backs to this is when ideas flow, I don’t sleep, diligently creating an outline or taking notes on the direction of my next blog or movie script. Despite the weariness that follows, my future becomes clearer as I learn from past failures.
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus, Philippians 1:6.
In a recent interview on the Ellen Show, Ronda Rousey told an audience she considered suicide after losing her first ever UFC fight late last year. I’m sure we have all experienced disappointment at one point in life, some more than others. Yet, before you can go forward, you have to dwell of the reality of the matter. Some individuals aren’t good enough, others are better, more determined than you or you just haven’t fine tuned your talents to get noticed. Once you reach a conclusion, its time to regroup and move on. Thus, as I attempt to complete my third movie script and submit it to the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships Competition, I’m hopeful that previous failures over the last 5 years will lead to my big break in Hollywood.
by Jay Mankus
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