Circle of Trust

Persistence is defined as ‘the quality that allows someone to continue doing something or trying to do something even though it is difficult or opposed by other people’.  Perseverance is Steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.  We’ve been talking about perseverance a lot in my household lately as we are all challenged by new conflicts.

When you fail, see your experience as instruction and not destruction.  Seek to learn and grow and above all, be better, not bitter.

It’s not what happens to us in life that determines our happiness so much as the way we react to what happens.  Abraham Lincoln left us with this thought, “Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.”

Mistakes do not define failure.  They’re merely the price of achievement on the journey toward success.  If your perception of failure means it’s time to quit, look at this way:  the true perception of failure should be seen as feedback from the universe.

I leave you with the poem ‘Don’t Quit!”:

When things go wrong as they sometimes will;

When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill;

When the funds are low, and the debts are high;

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh;

When care is pressing you down a bit – Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.  Success is a failure turned inside out;

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;

And you can never tell how close you are;

It may be near when it seems afar.

So, stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit – It’s when things go wrong that you mustn’t quit.