People who were rejected- but succeeded anyways

Here's a list of people who were rejected, and told they were not good enough,
but ended up making a name for themselves anyways.  The key is: they never gave up!


1. Michael Jordan- he did not make the varsity basketball team in
his 2nd year of high school...
but later was accepted, after training really hard.
Today he is one of the most successful basketball players
of all time.


2. Walt Disney- nobody wanted to hire him as an artist in his younger years.
So, he moved with his brother to Hollywood instead in his twenties,
and started up his own cartoon studio.


3. Oprah Winfrey-
Seven months after becoming the Anchor of the 6oclock news for a job she took
at thee age of 22 - she was demoted because her newscasts had low
ratings.
But look at how far she's come since then, between her famous talk shows,
television channel, and magazines.


4. Steven Speilberg - was rejected from the Unviersity of Southern California School of Film 3 times.
Yet he went on to become an Academy Award winning movie director.


5. James Cameron- was also fired as Special Effects Director - on the movie set of Piranha 2....
for failing to get a close up shot of the actress in her opening scene.
He has also since also recieved Academy Awards for his directing.


And finally the best one of them all...

6. Jesus Christ -
Even if he was betrayed and rejected by his own friends, nailed to a cross...
even after performing miracles, and preaching kindness and love....
In the end, he was raised from the dead.
And today, Jesus Christ has over 2 billion followers around the world.  :)

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Sources:
https://www.google.ca/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=i1y-VNKgBISN8QeZh4C4Cw&gws_rd=ssl#q=how+many+christians+around+the+world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney
http://www.businessinsider.com/15-people-who-failed-before-becoming-famous-2012-10?op=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cameron#Awards

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To be offended... or respectful of religious beliefs?

 

Last week's picture of World Leaders marching in France,
with female world leaders "edited out" of the picture at "The Announcer" newspaper in the Middle East, has invoked a lot of negative reaction around the globe.

This is one of those touchy topics,
because its difficult to determine the most politically correct way to react to something like this... 

... Should we conclude that by Women World leaders being removed from the picture,
the newspaper has lost its credibility on providing accurate information?
... Or, should we be understanding of the paper for "editing" the picture, so that it can appeal
to their target demographic of the ultra-conservative religious?
... Should we stand up for Women World leaders, and say that the newspaper is wrong,
because these women are legitimately in powerful positions that influence society,
and that should be acknowledged?
... Or, should we respect the newspaper's relgious beliefs that placing women in
the media forefront is an immodest act?

In my opinion, it entirely depends where you are coming from, and who's reading the paper.

Because you and I live in North America, most of us are naturally offended.
And we believe that the newspaper should not have done that.
We believe that women are capable of so much more than cooking-cleaning-raising children at home,
and can enter politics and the media, and can have careers, can build their lives,
and can be treated equally as men.

However... if we were part of the religious group that read that particular newpaper,
perhaps we would think differently... because maybe our ultra-conservative
religious beliefs would lead us to believe that women have no place in society.
And if I were a woman in that religion, perhaps I would even agree that the newspaper was right
in "photoshopping" the women out... Sad, but true.

I think how we react is entirely determined by what country/group/religion we are a part of.

I guess the moral of the story here is... "to seek to understand before being understood".
(taken from the book: 7 Habits of Highy Effective People)
But because I am Canadian woman, my personal opinion is that... I am saddened that any publication
would not recognize the efforts that these women-in-politics made to be a part of the
Paris rally for peace...... then again, if I grew up in a different country or religion, perhaps
my opinions would be different.


Picture Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2908579/Orthodox-Israeli-newspaper-airbrushes-female-world-leaders-JeSuisCharlie-march-photographs.html

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