A lesson of life Everything happens for the best, my mother said whenever I faced disapp

A lesson of life
Everything happens for the best,   my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. If you can carry on, one day something      will happen. And you'll     that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment.
After graduating from college, I      that mother was right. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer. I travelled to Chicago by getting       rides from drivers of passing cars and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned     every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't     hiring inexperienced person-Go out in the countryside and find a small station that'll give you a        , she said.
I returned 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     athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I     .  The job sounded just       for me. But I wasn't      .
My       must have shown. Everything happens for the best, Mom      me. Dad       me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office,  I felt extremely      .I asked       ,  How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?
I was waiting for the elevator        I heard MacArthur calling,  What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football? Then he stood me      a microphone (麦克风) and asked me to broadcast an      game.
On my way home, as I have many times since,  I thought of my mother's words: Keep on trying until some day you succeed. Something wouldn't have happened if not for that previous failureI often wonder what      my life might have taken if I'd got the job at Montgomery
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