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Stretch!

RUBBERBANDS COME IN DIFFERENT SIZES, COLORS AND SHAPES, but they all work on the same principle: They must be stretched to be effective.

 RUBBERBANDS COME IN DIFFERENT SIZES, COLORS AND SHAPES, but they all work on the same principle:  They must be stretched to be effective.  Like rubberbands, our personalities, talents, and gifts are different; we're also not effective unless we're stretched.  If you're not continually stretching beyond where you are today, then you're not going to be able to be as effective as you really need to be. 

Every person who has ever achieved anything great in life has stretched for it.  Success is due to stretching to the challenges of life.  Failure comes when we shrink from them.  There's no such thing as a man born great.  There's only the man that has stepped up to the challenge, put everything on the line and went for it! 

So, why don't we stretch?  I would guess that 95% of us try to avoid stretching when we come up against something that is bigger than we are. I would encourage you to take five minutes to do some introspection...ask yourself why is it that your not stretching?  If success truly comes from stretching, don't your dare sell yourself short!

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