Diane Belmont moved to New York as a teenager with one desire: to act. That is, until a drama teacher panned her future in performing. So home she went. Later, she tried again and got on stage—only to be fired by three different Broadway producers.
Next stop: Hollywood, where her second—tier films earned her the nickname “Queen of the B—Movies.” Years later, she tried television. That’s when the world came to love Diane by her real name: Lucille Ball.
This is Howard Butt Jr. of Laity Lodge. Discouragement, failure, ridicule … how often we hear them factor into later success! Of course, difficulty doesn’t guarantee later success. But neither does it point to lasting failure … in the high calling of our daily work.
