Calvary Declaration Church

“Never criticize anything or anyone unless you are prepared to offer something to improve that with which you find fault.”
—Napoleon Hill

An old man meets a young man who asks:
“Do you remember me?”
And the old man says no. Then the young man tells him he was his student, And the teacher asks:
“What do you do, what do you do in life?”
The young man answers:
“Well, I became a teacher.”
“ah, how good, like me?” Asks the old man.
“Well, yes. In fact, I became a teacher because you inspired me to be like you.”
The old man, curious, asks the young man at what time he decided to become a teacher. And the young man tells him the following story:
“One day, a friend of mine, also a student, came in with a nice new watch, and I decided I wanted it.
I stole it, I took it out of his pocket.
Shortly after, my friend noticed the his watch was missing and immediately complained to our teacher, who was you.
Then you addressed the class saying, ‘This student’s watch was stolen during classes today. Whoever stole it, please return it.’
I didn’t give it back because I didn’t want to.
You closed the door and told us all to stand up and form a circle.
You were going to search our pockets one by one until the watch was found.
However, you told us to close our eyes, because you would only look for his watch if we all had our eyes closed.
We did as instructed.
You went from pocket to pocket, and when you went through my pocket, you found the watch and took it. You kept searching everyone’s pockets, and when you were done you said ‘open your eyes. We have the watch.’
You didn’t tell on me and you never mentioned the episode. You never said who stole the watch either. That day you saved my dignity forever. It was the most shameful day of my life.
But this is also the day I decided not to become a thief, a bad person, etc. You never said anything, nor did you even scold me or take me aside to give me a moral lesson.
I received your message clearly.
Thanks to you, I understood what a real educator needs to do.
Do you remember this episode, professor?
The old professor answered, ‘Yes, I remember the situation with the stolen watch, which I was looking for in everyone’s pocket. I didn’t remember you, because I also closed my eyes while looking.’
This is the essence of teaching:
If to correct you must humiliate; you don’t know how to teach “

The man that developed WhatsApp worked in Yahoo, later left, and went to Twitter for job, they rejected him.
He later developed WhatsApp and sold it for $19 billion.

In 1997, after Google was set up, the founders approached the C.E.O of Yahoo to buy Google for $1 million, because they were not making profit.

Yahoo Inc. refused to buy, stating that it is a bad investment to buy Google for $1 million.
Six years later in 2002, Yahoo tried to purchase Google for $3 billion, but Google founders refused to sell, because they were already making progress.

In 2014, (six years ago), Google was worth $395 billion, while Yahoo was worth $39 billion - roughly 10% of Google's worth.

Can you imagine what could have happened if Yahoo had bought Google for $1 million in 1997?
Or if they had bought it for $3 billion in 2002?

Moral Lesson:
In the beginning, things might seem to be difficult, but do not despise your little beginnings.

You may face rejections, but do not despair.
You may be belittled, but don't undervalue yourself.
Don't settle for less!

Don't sell yourself less than your worth!
You may be potentially worth more than your buyer!

Sometimes, our greatest problem is not our weakness, but the strength we have not discovered.

No matter your current challenge, don't shortchange yourself for less.
Even this will pass away.

Trouble will always pass away.
I am here to tell you that your problem is not real.
What is real is that you are worth more than you are currently being valued.

The fact that you have some imperfection doesn't mean your are less valuable.

A day is coming soon, when those you ran to for help, but refused will come into your light and even benefit from you that they discarded sometimes back.

No verdict on your life is final, except the one God pronounces on you.

Don't give up on your dreams, soon it will speak for you, stay lifted in Christ.