Persistence

A neighborhood clothing store advertised a “Going Out of Business” sale. It seems the store really was going out of business and the advertised bargains were fantastic. On the morning of the sale, over two hundred people were lined up waiting to get into the store an hour before opening time. They watched in disbelief as a man walked past the entire crowd and began to squeeze himself in at the head of the line. Promptly, that man was gently but firmly passed back to the end of the line. Undaunted, he tried again, but this time he was pushed and shoved and bounced back to the rear. When he tried a third time the people really became angry, punching and kicking him back to the rear. And as he stood again in the last place, bloodied but unbowed, the man said, “I’m going to try once more, but if they do that to me again I’m not going to open the store.”