Call to persevere:
God wants us to persevere as we live our lives in this world, so that we have the sense of purpose in our living. Perseverance develops character. And character is more important than our career in God’s economy. Scriptures from the beginning to the end tells us how people persevered both in Old as well as in the New Testament. Someone said like this from” Womb to tomb we cry”. That’s the power of suffering. Let’s rejoice in our salvation and in the blessed hope of our Lord’s coming that all our sorrows end one day. No more tears in Heaven.
What is perseverance?
Perseverance is commitment, hard work, patience, endurance.
Perseverance is being able to bear difficulties calmly and without complaint.
Perseverance is trying again and again.
You show perseverance when you...
Give up your TV time to spend hours studying
Try a new sport that is very difficult but you don't give up
Have a learning disability but keep studying even when discouraged
Come from a home where there is fighting and unhappiness but you still try your best
Have missed a week of class but you work hard to catch up
Are at the end of a difficult race but you cross the finish line
Save money and make sacrifices to buy something
Spend hours practicing on your music
Study and work hard to raise your grade
Try out for something you weren't successful at the first time
Proverbs and maxims:
Failure is the path of least persistence.
All things will come round to him who will but wait. (Longfellow)
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
Victory belongs to the most persevering. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. (Beverly Sills)
People who persevered despite handicaps and disabilities:
Beethoven (composer) - was deaf
Ray Charles (musician) - is blind
Thomas Edison (inventor) - had a learning problem
Albert Einstein (scientist) - had a learning disability
Terry Fox (runner) - is an amputee with cancer
Stevie Wonder (musician) - is blind
James Earl Jones (actor) - was a stutterer
Helen Keller (author) - was deaf and blind
Marlee Matlin (actress) - is deaf
Franklin D. Roosevelt (president) - was paralyzed from polio
Vincent Van Gogh (artist) - was mentally ill
Woodrow Wilson (president) - had a learning problem
Itzhak Perlman (concert violinist) - was paralyzed from the waist down
Stephen Hawking (physicist) - had Lou Gehrig's disease (of the nervous system)
Put perseverance into action:
When something doesn't work right, try again and again.
Don't lose your temper when something upsets you.
Always finish what you start.
Keep working at something that is difficult until you complete it.
Don't give up on difficult jobs or situations.
Focus on someone or something that ordinarily makes you lose your patience and try to understand it (and don't "lose it").
Work a little harder or a few minutes longer on a task that you do not like.
A bass guitarist of a band said like this:
Practice a lot. That’s what I did. 5 to 7 hours a day or at least 12 to 15 years. Then hopefully, things will fall into place. This is the spirit of a persevering person.
Let our Faith work, Love labor, and hope endure. Let us never ever give up. Let God alone help us to persevere in life.
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