Desire

I want to tell you a story.

I was in a mattress store recently and noticed another couple  doing some shopping.  I couldn't help overhearing their conversation and found out they were fresh from Saudi Arabia.  They've only been in Seattle two weeks.

The sales clerk commented on her excellent command of the English language.  He asked how she had been able to pick it up so easily.

She replied, “I watched American movies for ten years.”

That is amazing. 

That is DESIRE. 

She didn't take language class.  She didn't do an audio program.  She watched movies in English.

She desired to come to America, and to do so she knew that she needed to speak and understand the local language. 

It took ten years of movie watching for her to master our language. 

What do you desire?

What are you willing to do to achieve it?

First we have the desire.

And then, focus kicks in.  We devise a plan.

And then comes the doing – the working of the plan. 

Ten years is a long time to endure thousands of English-speaking movies, but when the desire is there, is any price too high to pay?

Young lady, whoever you are, I admire you.

P Michael Biggs

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