What is the future you are hoping for and the life you hope to achieve? Everyone wants success, of course, and no one wants to fail. Yet failures come into each life, and sometimes successes are few and far between. What makes the difference in the outcome?
What you believe has great impact on what is possible for you to achieve and become. You can and should use the power of your mind to make the future into whatever it is you desire. Believe with all your heart and soul that you can do it, whatever it is to you.
Sudden changes may be difficult and uncomfortable. Sometimes it takes answering the call to do something differently than usual to find success. The willingness to embrace change can work in your favor. Inspiration can come in a myriad of ways which may not seem feasible at the time. Seize the day and do whatever it takes to spring into action. Find the success you desire by believing in yourself and going for it.
It is not always easy to make lemonade when life throws you lemons. There are times when it seems that the challenges are insurmountable and that the future is extremely dim. Circumstances can come into a life over which the person has no control. Sometimes it requires just going with the flow, but success will likely come from not giving up hope.
There was a time when there was little hope among a large group of people who were persecuted and who lost their freedom through no fault of their own. Around 120,000 persons of Japanese heritage, most of them citizens of the United States of America, were forcibly removed from their homes on the West Coast and placed into American concentration camps during World War II. The constitution failed them. It did not protect them from an unjust incarceration simply because of their ethnic background.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by the Imperial Navy of Japan, citizens and immigrants of Japanese descent in the United States were suspected of being spies for Japan. They were reclassified as enemy aliens or non-citizens. They had faced discrimination before that action happened, but the racism escalated against these innocent people.
They not only were forced into an unfair imprisonment behind barbed wire with armed guards keeping watch over them, but they lost virtually all their earthly possessions. They lost their jobs and their livelihood. They lost their homes and their savings. Life was uncertain and dismal. The future looked extremely grim.
After the war with Japan ended, these Americans and immigrants of Japanese heritage faced an uncertain future. They had spent over three years in the confinement of the camps. They were released finally with $25 and a train ride or bus ticket. What could they do? They needed to keep having hope in the future and faith to forge ahead.
Most of these people survived and made a decent future for themselves. They worked hard and kept the faith that they could find success. Life was not easy as they faced much racism and discrimination even after the war had ended, but they kept trying. They made their own future by believing that they could do it.
Life will always have its ups and downs. The future is not assured by any means. It can be better through faith and hope along with a good dose of hard work. Make the future you desire by not giving up and always keep trying.
This book of speeches and articles about the Japanese American and Asian American story includes facts about the mistreatment of Japanese Americans during World War II. This was a period when the Constitution did not protect innocent citizens and immigrants who faced severe prejudice and racism. The book covers civil rights issues and is available on Amazon. Information on the book and other related books may be found at the website: http://www.thejapaneseamericanstory.com.
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