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An Arab chief tells the story of a spy captured and sentenced to death by a general in the Persian army. This general had the strange custom of giving condemned criminals a choice between the firing squad and \u201cthe big, black door.\u201d<\/p>\n
The moment for execution drew near, and guards brought the spy to the Persian general, \u201cWhat will it be,\u201d asked the general, \u201cthe firing squad or \u2018the big, black door?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The spy hesitated for a long time. Finally he chose the firing squad.<\/p>\n
A few minutes later, hearing the shots ring out confirming the spy\u2019s execution, the general turned to his aide and said, \u2018They always prefer the known to the unknown. People fear what they don\u2019t know. Yet, we gave him a choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat lies beyond the big door?\u201d asked the aide.<\/p>\n
\u201cFreedom,\u201d replied the general. \u201cI\u2019ve known only a few brave enough to take that door.\u201d<\/p>\n
The best opportunities in our lives stand behind the forbidding door of the great unknown.<\/p>\n
Don McCullough, Solana Beach, California, quoted in Leadership, Winter Quarter, 1992, p. 57<\/p>\n
Here Is God<\/b><\/p>\n
From an old mariner\u2019s chart, drawn in 1525, on display in the British Museum in London, outlining the North American coastline and adjacent waters. The cartographer made some intriguing notations on areas of the map that represented regions not yet explored. He wrote: \u201cHere be giants,\u201d \u201cHere be fiery scorpions,\u201d and \u201cHere be dragons.\u201d Eventually, the map came into the possession of Sir John Franklin, a British explorer in the early 1800s. Scratching out the fearful inscriptions, he wrote these words across the map: \u201cHERE IS GOD.\u201d<\/p>\n
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