Persistence paves the pathway to a productive life. Without it you will never proceed beyond the highway called mediocrity. For the path of the persistent is only for the few, whereas mediocrity highway is traveled by many. But they who travel that way will never reach the mountain top and never experience the exhilaration of standing on top of Mount Vision and Mount Destiny.
However, the road of persistence can at times turn into a track and can even in some places disappear before your very eyes. And it is at that point that you must look up beyond the jungle that lies before you and see your mountain top destination.
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Here are the contents of a couple of emails that I had sent to me today from my eldest daughter Sarah.
When one spends their life motivating others it is wonderful to be the recipient of the same from time to time…especially from your daughter….
First a poem….
The Eagle
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Second a powerful statement…
“Your persistence with a single desire is destined to mow down all opposition and bring you the opportunity you are seeking.” - Napoleon Hill
