I read this story this morning in a devotional and thought it was pretty cool.
Admiral Joe Fowler served in both world wars. As a naval architect he designed two of America’s largest aircraft carriers. He retired from the Navy in 1948. Shortly after, Walt Disney asked him to head up the design and construction of his first theme park in California. Nothing like it had ever been done before.
Later when Disney wanted to build another theme park in Florida, he called Fowler to do it. When Fowler completed the project in 1971, he was seventy-one.
End of story? No, when Fowler was eighty-seven Disney called on him again to build a futuristic theme park called Epcot Center. When asked why he would take on such a project at eighty-seven Fowler replied, “You don’t have to die until you want to.”
In 1993 he completed the job and laid down his drawing board at the age of ninety-nine. Mission accomplished!
Keep climbing, you will make mistakes along the way. You’ll stumble on your way up to the top but stay with it, you’ll get there. The truth is your not defeated until your doubts and regrets take the place of your dreams.
Have a great day!
