Do You Believe In Fairy Tales?

"Life itself is a most wonderful fairy tale." ~ Hans Christian Anderson

(please click video)--Beautiful Fairy Tale Music (Castle in the Clouds)

Oh, I hope you'll excuse me....I've been away in my own creation of a fairy tale story!

But I'm back hoping to take you with me- on a fun journey of reminders to why fairy tales can come true~ But that's only if you too-believe in fairy tales?

Or at least, if I can inspire you to believe in yourself enough to never give up on your dreams, after you get to hear some inspirational stories of famous individuals who took their failures to successes-just like some of our fairy tale stories! :-)

Well, I'm surely not famous yet, but I am an author of 3 upcoming series of books ('Where do I belong'-'Dying to be beautiful' - 'Dying to succeed')

.....which is a 'Cinderella fairy tale story' of my life of memiors....And it's been in progress for a while- because my intention was to be living it -as I am writing it!

So, as I continue with future post here, I will be sharing some of the trials & tribulations that I feel have actually become exciting happenings on my path of life-because I've chosen to look at them in a different light. I see they were there as great opportunities -for me to make the postive changes from within- to be able to feel more inner peace & joy in living every day ~

I'm hoping that all I do here can help keep you inspired to look at your own life by- seeing with new eyes.

I say all this not only because I believe...

“All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” ~ Walt Disney Co.

But also because I've always felt...

"It's kinda fun to do the impossible" ~ Walt Disney

For today, since I did mention this- in past posts, I will be leaving these amazing failure to success stories that I think you will really enjoy....Hey it may even have you realizing why it's worth it to 'believe in fairy tales!' :-)

 Inspirational stories ~

Walt Disney: The man who gave us Disney World and Mickey Mouse. His first animation company went bankrupt. He was fired by a news editor cause he lacked imagination. Legend has it he was turned down 302 times before he got financing for creating Disney World.

Colonel Sanders : The founder of KFC. He started his dream at 65 years old! He got a social security check for only $105 and was mad. Instead of complaining he did something about it.

He thought restaurant owners would love his fried chicken recipe, use it, sales would increase, and he’d get a percentage of it. He drove around the country knocking on doors, sleeping in his car, wearing his white suit.

Do you know how many times people said NO till he got one yes? 1109 times!

Michael Jordan: He’s famous for being cut from his high school basketball team. He turned out to be the greatest basketball player but never let failure deter him. I love this quote…

“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

Vincent Van Gogh: He only sold one painting in his lifetime!  Just one to a friend. Despite that he kept painting and finished over 800 pieces. Now everyone wants to buy them and his most expensive painting is valued at $142.7 million.

 Stephen King: His first book Carrie was rejected 30 times and he threw it in the trash. His wife retrieved it out of the trash and encouraged him to resubmit it. The rest is history. He has sold more than 350 million copies of his books. (He’s also made many adults fear clowns too.)

Steven Spielberg: He applied and was denied two times to the prestigious University of Southern California film school. Instead he went to Cal State University in Long Beach.

He went on to direct some of the biggest movie blockbusters in history. Now he’s worth $2.7 billion and in 1994 got an honorary degree from the film school that rejected him twice.

The Beatles: They were rejected by many record labels. In a famous rejection, the label said, “”guitar groups are on the way out” and “the Beatles have no future in show business”.

After that the Beatles signed with EMI, brought Beatlemania to the United States, and became the greatest band in history.

Soichiro Honda - was turned down by Toyota Motor Corporation during a job interview as "engineer" after World War Two. He continued to be jobless until his neighbors starting buying his "home-made scooters". Subsequently, he set out on his own to start his own company. Honda. Today, the Company has grown to become the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer and one of the most profitable automakers - beating giant automaker such as GM and Chrysler. With a global network of 437 subsidiaries, Honda develops, manufactures, and markets a wide variety of products ranging from small general-purpose engines and scooters to specialty sports cars.

Thomas Edison: No list of success from failures would be complete without the man who gave us many inventions including the light bulb. He knew failure wouldn’t stop him.

If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. .or the rest of his life." ~  Kenneth Labich

Isaac Newton-was the greatest English mathematician of his generation. His work on optics and gravitation made him one of the greatest scientists the world has even known. Many thought that Isaac was born a genius, but he wasn't! When he was young, he did very poorly in grade school, so poor that his teachers became clueless in improving his grades.

Abraham Lincoln- he received no more than 5 years of formal education throughout his lifetime. When he grew up, he joined politics and had 12 major failures before he was elected the 16th President of the United States of America.

Winston Churchill -failed the 6th grade. However, that never stopped him to work harder! He strived and eventually became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Churchill is generally regarded as one of the most important leaders in Britain and world history. In a poll conducted by the BBC in 2002 to identify the "100 Greatest Britons", participants voted Churchill as the most important of all.

Marilyn Monroe-(In 1947, one year into her contract) was dropped by 20th Century-Fox because her producer thought she was unattractive and cannot act. That didn't deter her at all! She kept on going and eventually she was recognized by the public as the 20th century's most famous movie star, sex symbol and pop icon.

John Grisham's -first novel was rejected by sixteen agents and twelve publishing houses. He went on writing and writing until he became best known as a novelist and author for his works of modern legal drama. The media has coined him as one of the best novel authors even alive in the 21st century.

 “You might never fail on the scale I did,” Rowling told that privileged audience. “But it is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default. ~ J.K Rowling, the author of Harry Potter

 This is only a small handful of the many inspirational stories out there....So please don't ever give up!!! You are soo so powerful! ~ Until next time ~
♥ From my ♥ to your ♥ *☮ • Love & Lightི♥ྀ Laughter & warm hugsღ ~Tina Rizzitello.´~ ♥ (*◡*) ♥