THOUGHTS REGARDING PERSISTENCE - 2

PERSISTENCE, THE PROCESS OF NEVER GIVING UP, IS THE DIRECT RESPONSE OF A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE. IT IS THE ACTION STEP THAT IS THE KEY TO ALL SUCCESS STORIES. SO WE'VE SIMPLY GOT TO KEEP TRYING. WE'VE GOT TO PERSIST. - AFTER WE DEVELOP A NEW ATTITUDE, A NEW MIND-SET, A NEW DETERMINATION, AND A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT THE WORLD, THEN THERE IS STILL SOME MORE THAT WE HAVE GOT TO DO. WE HAVE A DREAM, WE SEE THE GOAL. WE'VE GOT A NEW ATTITUDE, WE BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE REALLY CAN ACHIEVE OUR GOAL, THEN WE START OUT TOWARD OUR GOAL AND THE PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES START TO APPEAR. DOORS ARE CLOSED IN OUR FACE, PEOPLE SAY "NO!" TO OUR IDEAS. MOUNTAINS APPEAR IN OUR WAY. WHAT DO WE DO NOW? DO WE GIVE UP? NO! WE MUST MAKE A FOCUSSED DECISION TO KEEP GOING. IF WE WANT SUCCESS AND WE WANT TO REACH OUR GOALS, THEN WE MUST DECIDE TO NEVER EVER QUIT; WE MUST DECIDE TO PERSIST. PERSISTENCE COMPENSATES FOR EVERY DISADVANTAGE AND EVERY LIMITATION THAT WOULD ORDINARILY KEEP PEOPLE FROM GOING AFTER THEIR DREAMS. PERSISTENCE IS THE ASSET, THE ACTION STEP THAT TURNS OUR DREAMS INTO REALITIES. DETERMINATION IS AN ATTITUDE, BUT PERSISTENCE IS AN ACTION, THE ACTION OF NEVER GIVING UP! THERE IS AN OLD SAYING THAT STATES "WINNERS NEVER QUITS AND QUITTERS NEVER WIN!" SO TO BE GREAT WE MUST BE PERSISTENT AND NEVER, EVER GIVE UP ON OUR DREAMS, BECAUSE ONE IS NOT FINISHED WHEN HE OR SHE IS DEFEATED. ONE IS ONLY FINISHED WHEN ONE QUITS!
OFTEN THE GOAL IS NEARER THAN,
IT SEEMS TO A FAINT AND FALTERING MAN.
OFTEN THE STRUGGLER HAS GIVEN UP,
WHEN HE MIGHT HAVE CAPTURED THE VICTOR'S CUP.
AND HE LEARNED TOO LATE WHEN THE NIGHT SLIPPED DOWN,
HOW CLOSE HE WAS TO THE GOLDEN CROWN.
SUCCESS IS FAILURE TURNED INSIDE OUT,
THE SILVER TINT OF THE CLOUDS OF DOUBT,
AND YOU NEVER CAN TELL HOW CLOSE YOU ARE,
IT MIGHT BE NEAR WHEN IT SEEMS AFAR,
SO STICK TO THE FIGHT WHEN YOU'RE HARDEST HIT.
IT'S WHEN THINGS SEEM WORSE THAT YOU MUSTN'T QUIT.