A Deeper Perseverance
Perseverance is always a hot topic, particularly around Type-A personalities, high achievers, success oriented people, and others who find motivation their modus operandi. Usually, the exhortation comes in the form of admonishing one another to keep on keeping on, staying the course, never giving up, because winners never quit and quitters never win. There are many among us who are indebted to the coaches in our lives. Without them we would not have accomplished all that we have. Thank you to those who spur us on.
There is, however, a deeper kind of perseverance. Although keeping on keeping on is noble in many circumstances, at times something more is required. Not allowing fatigue, disillusionment, distraction, and the like to deter us often means the difference between achieving our goals and falling short of them. This post is not directing the reader to be aware of the drawbacks of a no pain, no gain approach. Such advice has been around for sometime. One excellent swim coach has patented the revision to be no brain, no gain. This is most certainly true.
The purpose of this post is to lay on the table a still deeper perseverance. At one's deepest level (spiritual, emotional, you name it ...) is a primal yearning for answering a greater call. Deep within all of us, within you, possibly buried under the stuff of life, is a stratum base, identifiable only by you. Only you can do the necessary, deliberate work to discover, discern and claim that call. Most of us need significant people to assist us. This is an intimate, personal journey. Choose your travel partners wisely.
What you will discover at the heart of your very being is a value necessary for your existence. I discipline myself here to not be specific for fear of causing you to drift away from your unique existential destination. Take whatever time and effort needed to get in touch with that inner voice calling you to fullness. Share it with great discretion. Have it affirmed by those people who know you better than you know yourself. Then embark on a lifestyle that keeps that prominent part of you cultivated at all costs.
There will be times when you must quit, yes, actually quit something (which doesn't sound like persevering), because whatever it is that you are doing is detracting you from your inner call. The deeper perseverance to one's highest calling will lay the course for holding one's goal like a compass. Never give up is good encouragement. Better advice is to have the wisdom to know what is most important and to not only keep on keeping on, but quickly drop the baggage which painfully thwarts our best efforts. The fine tuning of one's pursuits in life will be the better for it.
There is, however, a deeper kind of perseverance. Although keeping on keeping on is noble in many circumstances, at times something more is required. Not allowing fatigue, disillusionment, distraction, and the like to deter us often means the difference between achieving our goals and falling short of them. This post is not directing the reader to be aware of the drawbacks of a no pain, no gain approach. Such advice has been around for sometime. One excellent swim coach has patented the revision to be no brain, no gain. This is most certainly true.
The purpose of this post is to lay on the table a still deeper perseverance. At one's deepest level (spiritual, emotional, you name it ...) is a primal yearning for answering a greater call. Deep within all of us, within you, possibly buried under the stuff of life, is a stratum base, identifiable only by you. Only you can do the necessary, deliberate work to discover, discern and claim that call. Most of us need significant people to assist us. This is an intimate, personal journey. Choose your travel partners wisely.
What you will discover at the heart of your very being is a value necessary for your existence. I discipline myself here to not be specific for fear of causing you to drift away from your unique existential destination. Take whatever time and effort needed to get in touch with that inner voice calling you to fullness. Share it with great discretion. Have it affirmed by those people who know you better than you know yourself. Then embark on a lifestyle that keeps that prominent part of you cultivated at all costs.
There will be times when you must quit, yes, actually quit something (which doesn't sound like persevering), because whatever it is that you are doing is detracting you from your inner call. The deeper perseverance to one's highest calling will lay the course for holding one's goal like a compass. Never give up is good encouragement. Better advice is to have the wisdom to know what is most important and to not only keep on keeping on, but quickly drop the baggage which painfully thwarts our best efforts. The fine tuning of one's pursuits in life will be the better for it.
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