Ambassadors of Hope

Romans 5:3 "Rejoice in your sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope."

WE AT SCHNEIDER Real Estate had our annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday. Our theme for 2009 is "Time to Shine in 2009" as an introduction to the goal signing (we all sign a big poster with the company goals and I hang it in my office) I quoted the following scripture as an introduction to the following:
2008 was a challenge and you proved you were up for it. It may have been to prepare you for what lies ahead. You've been in training, and you are better equipped than ever to take on 2009. I know for many of us our goals were not realized last year and there is that little voice of discouragement that lies to us and would like us to be fearful about the future. We must choose to respond with a resounding NO!
Winston Churchill said, "Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm". Hope is stolen when we misunderstand failure. Failure is natural, normal, and is going to happen. The way to success is to keep failure caged. Failure is caged when we realize it is not permanent. Henry Ford said "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently".
We need each of you to shine in 2009; Let's continue to encourage each other by lighting up the office with optimism and taking that spirit into our SOI. Hope is an act of the will and moves people to action- lets be ambassadors of Hope. Together as a team, we can make a difference! If we do that, WE WILL have a BRIGHTER 2009.