Perseverance - Stories of Great Accomplishments

Think of the stories...

• The Little Engine that Could
• The Tortoise and The Hare

Think of the movies...

• Glory
• The Pursuit of Happyness

What do they have in common? PERSEVERANCE!!!

By definition, perserverance is to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.

Why is this so important? Well it continues to be a source of my motivation. For my Birthday, my wife, who is a far better gift giver than I am gave me a plaque that says...

"PERSEVERANCE: The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it." Moliere

In it I have found what makes us tackle the hard and difficult parts of life. I found what makes us throw ourselves at our work with reckless abandon so that we can find success. When difficulty arises, we can make the choice to maintain our purpose, to find ways to overcome the hardship, to battle through the perceived weaknesses we see and/or have, or we can choose the opposite.

When we persevere we make a difference in our lives. When we persevere we make a difference in other's lives. When we persevere we make a difference. Those who have quit or failed to face hardship have undoubtedly found themselves wanting, wishing, hoping for another chance. Those who fought for what they knew was right and fought to overcome the trial, found the glory on the other side.

I want to find the glory in overcoming the obtacles, difficulties and challenges we face. Not all have to be bad. We can overcome the challenge of starting a business, working through an exercise program, or accomplishing the goal of meeting new people. We can also overcome when things are down.

Either way, choosing to persevere is the road far less travelled. We cannot point to others for the source of our failure, we can only point to the center of who we are to see if we truly persevered to accomplish that which we set out to do.