Hard Work Really Does Make Dreams Come True

INTRODUCTION: 

Reporter (Voiceover): IN A WORLD WHERE FINANCIAL STRUGGLES CAN OFTEN FEEL OVERWHELMING, ONE YOUNG MAN HAS PROVEN THAT DETERMINATION AND HARD WORK CAN LEAD TO TRIUMPH. TONIGHT, WE BRING YOU THE INSPIRING STORY OF JACOB BUTLER WHO OVERCAME MANY CHALLENGES TO ACHIEVE A MILESTONE MANY OFTEN TAKE FOR GRANTED – BUYING HIS DREAM CAR.

ACT 1:

Reporter (Voiceover): FOR BUTLER, THE DREAM OF OWNING A DODGE CHALLENGER SEEMED OUT OF REACH FOR YEARS. WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS WHILE HELPING HIS MOM OUT WITH BILLS AND HIS TWO YOUNGER SIBLINGS, SAVING ENOUGH MONEY FOR HIMSELF WAS A STRUGGLE.

Butler: IT WASN’T EASY. THERE WERE MOMENTS WHEN I WANTED TO GIVE UP, BUT I KNEW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING I WAS CAPABLE OF NO MATTER HOW MUCH TIME IT TOOK.

Reporter (Voiceover): BEING THERE TO HELP SUPPORT HIS FAMILY WAS BUTLER’S TOP PRIORITY.

Butler: GROWING UP WITHOUT THAT SPARE CHANGE TO SAVE REALLY TAUGHT ME THE VALUE OF MONEY. IF IT WASN’T FOR THAT I’M NOT SURE I WOULD’VE HAD THE RESILIANCE OR EVEN PATIENCE TO KEEP GOING.

ACT 2:

Reporter (Voiceover): BUTLER SHORTLY REALIZED THAT NOT ONLY WAS HIS HARD WORK PAYING OFF IN CASH, BUT THE LESSONS HE LEARNED WERE JUST AS VALUABLE.

Butler: I FEEL LIKE BEING SO YOUNG WITH SUCH A BIG GOAL IN MIND HAS HELPED IN OTHER ASPECTS OF MY LIFE.

Reporter (Voiceover): BUTLER EXPLAINED HOW APPLYING SO MUCH DISCIPLINE TO HIMSELF SHOWED PERSEVERANCE HE DIDN’T KNOW HE HAD. NOT ONLY DOES HE USE THIS EXPERIENCE FOR HIMSELF, BUT HE ENCOURAGES HIS LOVED ONES TO ALWAYS BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES.

Butler: YOU REALLY DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU’RE CAPABLE OF UNTIL IT’S DONE AND YOU CAN LOOK BACK LIKE “WOW I REALLY DID THAT.”

ACT 3:

Reporter (Voiceover): AFTER YEARS OF DILIGENT SAVING, BUTLER WAS FINALLY ABLE TO PURCHASE HIS DREAM CAR, A DODGE CHALLENGER. WITH KEYS IN HAND, A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND LESSONS LEARNED, HE MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTER.

CONCLUSION: 

Reporter (Voiceover): BUTLER IS YET ANOTHER AMAZING EXAMPLE OF HOW HARD WORK AND RELILIENCE CAN MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE. REPORTING LIVE, I'M MIA MCLELLAN, NORFOLK NEWS, BRINGING YOU STORIES THAT INSPIRE AND UPLIFT. BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.