Patience and Persistence
July 16th, 2005I watched a wonderful movie tonight, no not the newest blockbuster or the next sci-fi thriller. As a matter of fact it is several years old and was made for TV but I had waited ages to finally see it. It’s called “Door to Door” with William Macy, a story about a man who against all odds spent his life (and still does) supporting himself. Bill Porter was born with cerebral palsy and was deemed unemployable from the start. His mother, as any good mother would do, told him nothing was out of his reach and when Bill finally got an interview with the Watkins company, she gave him these two words of advice … patience and persistence. Well Bill got that job and despite all the hurdles he would have to jump he made a successful living and supported himself, never asking or wanting to be a burden to anyone else. You can still see him today as the manager of Watkins online, the Watkins company website.