A Lesson for Living
"
Everything
happens
for
the
best
,"
my
mother
said
whenever
I
faced
disappointment
. "
If
you
1)
carry on
,
one
day
something
good
will
happen
.
And
you'll
realize
that
it
wouldn't
have
happened
if
not
for
that
2)
previous
disappointment
."
Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports 3)announcer. I 4)hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station - and got 5)turned down every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring an 6)inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks and find a small station that'll give you a chance," she said.
I 7)thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local 8)athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn't hired.
My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens
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