Perseverance - Don't Give Up On Your Dreams

After you have done hard work and had gotten tired from the hard work, there is something to keep you going and that is perseverance. On it's own, perseverance is a hard work because it requires an extensive amount of mental strength and energy to undertake it. When everything else suggests negativities, it is your perseverance that will keep you focused on the positive side that you hope to create. In the midst of the scares of darkness, perseverance helps you to keep your focus on the light. As a matter of fact, "light at the end of the tunnel" is for others. Someone with perseverance sees light even inside the darkest of tunnels.

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After you must have tried repeatedly and failed at all of the trials, it is through perseverance that you will be able to succeed at the last trial. This is because perseverance comes with determination and a determined mind will not quit until the desired result is obtained. This reminds me of the story an inventor I once read many years ago.

His name still rings a bell in the science world because of his invention, but prior to that time, he had tried many times to get it done but was always met with failure. To the ordinary person, he would have been discouraged but his perseverance kept him going and coupled with determination, he kept trying for years but in various ways. At the end of a long experimental years, he hit his invention.

What amazed me about the story of this inventor was: when he was asked about his failures, he was quick to quip that he never saw failure all these while but was learning about various ways of not creating his invention. You see, when others were seeing failure, his mind was already focused on his invention and that kept him going. It is worthy to note that every great dream will be faced with strong oppositions but with determination and perseverance, you can put up a fight against them.

If you have never experienced any serious opposition or challenge in the course of pursuing after an idea, then it is a clear indication that it is not big enough. Take this instance. If you have ever watched a friendly match between two junior football teams, you will agree with me that there will not be any serious challenge because there is no trophy at stake. However, when you see top football teams at world cup finals, the opposition will be fierce because that is the only thing standing between them and a major trophy.

Everyone that ever succeeds will have a story to tell about perseverance because you need efforts, sacrifices, patience and above all, perseverance to keep you going. You can be gifted many things that you did not labour for, but when it comes to lasting success, you have to earn it because it neither happens by chance nor by luck. Your gifts and your talents will only take you to certain degrees but to be able to go far, then you have to put in extensive amount of work.

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I watched a particular kickboxing tournament where one of the contestants suffered from gruesome punches but he did not give up. He sustained a broken nose, broken jaw and a couple of cracked ribs but he went on to deliver the knockout punch to his opponent and ended up lifting the belt. When everything seemed to be against him, his perseverance kept him on his feet and it payed off at the end. Perseverance will always pay off at the end.

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