Janice Dennis

I 've been involved in a home based business for 10 years. I did not experience immediate success in my business. Even though I was discouraged, and disappointed; quitting was never an option.

I learned that the Chinese bamboo shows little growth with consistent water and fertilizer during the first four years. The process of water and fertilizer is continued in the fifth year - and in five weeks time the tree grows ninety feet in height!

The obvious question is: did the Chinese bamboo tree grow ninety feet in five weeks, or did it grow in ninety feet in five years? The answer is: it grew ninety feet in five years. If at any time during those five years the people had stopped watering and fertilziing the tree, it would have died.

Many times our dreams and plans appear not to be succeeding. We are tempted to give up and quit trying. Instead, we need to continue to water and fertilize those dreams and plans, nuturing the seeds of the vision God has placed within us. Because we know that if we do not quit, if we display perserverance and endurance, we will also reap a harvest. Charles Haddon Spurgeon said, "By perseverance the snail reached the ark." We need to be like that snail.

So, if I had quit and not shared my opportunity with others their dreams and plans would never materialize. SEE YOU ALL AT THE TOP!

Janice