Never Give Up on, ‘Believing in Yourself’ – just ask, J.K. Rowling, author of, the ‘Harry Potter’ book series

J.K. Rowling

At age 17, she was rejected from college.

At age 25, her mother died from disease.

At age 26, she moved to Portugal to teach English.

At age 27, she got married. Her husband abused her. Despite this, her daughter was born.

At age 28, she got divorced and was diagnosed with severe depression.

At age 29, she was a single mother living on welfare.

At age 30, she didn’t want to be on this earth. But she directed all her passion into doing the one thing she could do better than anyone else. And that was writing.

At age 31, she finally published her first book.

At age 35, she had released 4 books, and was named, ‘Author of the Year’.

At age 42, she sold 11 million copies of her new book, on the first day of release.

This woman is J.K. Rowling. Remember how she considered suicide at age 30?

Today, ‘Harry Potter’ is a global brand worth more than $15 billion dollars.

Never give up. Believe in yourself. Be passionate. Work hard. It’s never too late.

Is Christianity the ONLY Religion in the World that Proclaims, We are NOT Saved (given Eternal Salvation) by “Works” – Ephesians 2:8-10

According to THIS scripture, Christianity is probably the ONLY Religion in the World, which Eternal Salvation is NOT based on “Works” (or anything we physically accomplish here on Earth) but rather our Faith that Jesus Christ died for our Sins & then rose from the Grave so that we might be forever eternally Saved.

Truth is NOT a Democracy – vulgarity aside, this is actually an EXCELLENT statement

Simply put, THIS is what I Believe & I’m just sticking to it

ATTN: Under-Achievers & Alleged Losers — Read thru this before forming any opinion(s) about yourselves

Oprah Winfrey

 

Martha Stewart

(copied from Joey Noone’s Facebook page)

Joey Noone
April 27 at 9:58am

At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA.

At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job.

At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer.

At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school.

At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare.

At age 28, Wayne Coyne (from The Flaming Lips) was a fry cook.

At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter.

At age 30, Martha Stewart was a stockbroker.

At age 37, Ang Lee was a stay-at-home-dad working odd jobs.

Julia Child released her first cookbook at age 39, and got her own cooking show at age 51.

Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didn’t get the Editor-in-Chief position at Vogue, and designed her first dress at age 40.

Stan Lee didn’t release his first big comic book until he was 40.

Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career and landed his first movie role at age 42.

Samuel L. Jackson didn’t get his first major movie role until he was 46.

Morgan Freeman landed his first major movie role at age 52.

Kathryn Bigelow won the Academy Award for Best Director when she made ‘The Hurt Locker’ at age 57.

Grandma Moses didn’t begin her painting career until age 76.

Louise Bourgeois didn’t become a famous artist until she was 78.

Whatever your dream is, it is not too late to achieve it. You aren’t a failure because you haven’t found fame and fortune by the age of 21. Hell, it’s okay if you don’t even know what your dream is yet. Even if you’re flipping burgers, waiting tables or answering phones today, you never know where you’ll end up tomorrow.

Never tell yourself you’re too old to make it.

Never tell yourself you missed your chance.

Never tell yourself that you aren’t good enough.

Wow, there is still time left.

You can do it. Whatever it is