When I saw this fun little sign on a shelf the other day, I had to take just a few moments in front of it to think about the significance of these three simple words – Refuse To Sink. Wow! Debbie Reynolds in Unsinkable Molly Brown (a favorite old movie/musical and a favorite actress/singer) immediately came to mind; the story was based on a rags-to-riches-to-rags-again-survivor of the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic shipwreck. She started with nothing, found true love, came into a fortune, had it all and the ‘friends’ who attached themselves to her, lost it all – fortune, ‘friends’, love – and managed to survive the sinking of a ship which was not supposed to be capable of destruction. In the end, she was the one who could not sink, could not be destroyed, and she even regained her love and her priorities. She refused to allow the cruelty of false friends, life events, or emotional turmoil to sink her spirit for more than the occasional moment, and survived it all with an attitude of determined hope. I suppose the three words on the sign says it all.
