"Truly a Winner"

Yesterday I had a chance to go over to my weekly visits to school Four. When I got there the teachers told me that the lesson they were planning on doing was going to be moved over because they were heading to the cafeteria to see a guest speaker. They told me it was an author Dan Gutman. I was thrilled the children's excitement seem to have infected me. One of the girls paraded her signed books to me, excited and thrilled that that the author had autographed her books. I have to admit that I had never even heard of this individual. When we got to the small cafeteria/Auditorium. I got to see the author. During his presentation he showed us a stack of papers which could easily be passed as a copy of a book. It was a composure of all the rejections of pretty much every major publishing company out there. I was blown away I admire anyone who can handle rejection so well. Personally I would stop after the twentieth time. Yet this man didn't he believed his work was something that had to be published. By the end of the presentation I was surprised to find myself very fortunate to have seen this author. I never thought that people could be so determined. It truly touched me, this man is a true winner.