Discouragement

It is said that the Devil once held a sale of all the tools of his trade. Everything was displayed in a plate-glass window. His keen-edged dagger of jealousy, his sledgehammer of anger, his bow of greed, his arrows of lust and covetousness, his weapons of vanity, fear, envy and pride. Under each was its price.
In the place of honor, framed and set apart from all the others, was a small wedge,
dented and marked with use. The price set upon it was higher than all the other tools combined.
When asked the reason for this amazing difference, the Devil explained,
"It is because this is the one tool I can use when all others fail. Let me get that little wedge into a man's consciousness and it opens up the way for all other things. The wedge of discouragement has opened more doors than all the other weapons combined."

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