The other day I was reading a very interesting article concerning a shark attack that occurred way back in 1916. It played off along the North East coast of the U.S. and concerned a great white shark, that had been had been terrorizing the New Jersey beaches.
Now everybody knows and accepts that a shark is a creature of the sea and needs salty water to survive. Therefore nobody thought that a shark may attack them in freshwater, but that is exactly what happened later that year.
This specific shark remained close towards the shore and eventually swam up a river stream close to Raritan Bay, attacking a couple of bathers upstream.
Shortly prior to the attacks occurred, a retired Sea captain, through the name of Thomas Cottrell saw this shark swimming upstream although crossing a bridge. He could not think his eyes, but nevertheless obtained into his boat and raised the alarm. Not surprisingly nobody considered him. “A shark inside a river? C’mon, get real, It’s not possible.”
But you know what? As incredible as it seemed there was a shark in the river and all those who didn’t heed the warnings were in danger of being attacked.
Eventually this shark killed two individuals. The first victim was a teenager who may or may not have heard Cottrell’s warning. Shortly after this attack another man jumped in the drinking water to look for the victim, even though he was informed there is a shark in the water. He as well was attacked and died from the severe loss of blood.
While examining this I could not assist thinking about September 11 and see the parallels between these two tales.
When asked by the U.S. Congress and the media, why “clues” which ought to are already picked up had been disregarded, the heads of the FBI and CIA as well as members of the Bush administration replied, “We did not believe they would use airplanes as missiles.”
Experienced the FBI and CIA considered that some thing like what happened on 9/11 was possible they might have put actions into location which would likely have prevented this from happening. But they didn’t, although the hijackers left dozens of “clues.”
Similarly if the swimmers in the US East Coast had considered Captain Cottrell when he informed them there was a shark within the river, chances are that nobody would are already killed by this shark on that evening.
But because they believed it is “impossible” for a shark to be found in freshwater they disregarded the warning altogether, just as the US law enforcement agencies did, resulting in many paying with their lives.
On the other hand there are human beings who overcame extraordinary odds and achieved great feats. Everyday we hear tales of individuals who had been informed by the so-called “experts” they did not have what it took, however created it irrespective.
The lesson here is that something is possible, both the great and also the bad. By believing or not believing in something does not necessarily mean you will not be impacted by what ever occurs. However it signifies that depending on what you think, you may take some action which may conserve you from something terrible or may get you out of a awful scenario.
There are many of us who are in terrible situations, including poverty, unhappiness, debt, etc. Those of us who have changed their situation, did it because they believed they could make it.
People who do not certainly do not think that they can alter their scenario otherwise they would have done something about this, correct?
How many opportunities have you missed just because you thought it wouldn’t work or wasn’t possible. Just think what you could do if you believed that you could do anything, even realise your dreams?
What excellent talent do you’ve which you’ve done absolutely nothing about, since you most likely considered you can’t do it.
I hope to possess proven you via this short article that something is feasible. And that by just believing, “I Can,” your battle is currently half-won.
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