Al Gore jokingly introduces himself as the 'former next President of the United States'. Gore's failure to become president has not prevented him from going on to make a profound impact on politics through his campaign raising awareness of climate change. He could so easily have given up and settled for a convenient life and bitter reflections on what might have been.
The lesson is true for all of us. We rarely reach our goals by following a straight and narrow path. Sometimes we are forced to take the low road. Our destination is not reached overnight but incrementally. When we stop and pause on the journey, we can reflect that we have indeed made progress in our lives. The path is often not the way we had imagined it would be when we started the journey.
Mary Ann Evans not only desired to write but wanted her work to be taken seriously. This was no easy task for a woman in Victorian England. She therefore adopted a male pen name. How much poorer would we be without the writings of George Eliot? How much poorer would you be if you think it is too late to pursue your dream?
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