Website owner: James Miller
There are some truths in life that each man must discover for
himself. One learns them in no other way. One doesn't learn
them from books. He doesn't learn them from other people.
He only learns them from his own discovery. When we make a big
and important discovery on our own, then it registers.
Otherwise it doesn't register. We learn by discovery. We
learn from our own personal experience. One thing this is true
for is that thing called persistence. Some people are so lucky
as to discover for themselves the power, value and importance
of persistence. They make that really great and amazing
discovery that with determination and perseverance they can do
anything. They discover their own powers. Other people never
discover this great truth. They go through their entire lives
never sticking with anything, never completing anything,
jumping from one thing to another, failing in everything. They
give up on everything almost before they start. They have no
confidence at all in their own powers. Perhaps the problem is
laziness. Perhaps they are just too lazy to put in the effort.
Life is a struggle. We don't get anything easy. We have to
work for it. Most of us have our weaknesses and handicaps.
Nature didn't give us everything. We got slighted on some
things. It is perseverance and determination that makes the
difference. We have to overcome our weaknesses --- or work
around them. Another great discovery that many never make is
the value of that thing called self-reliance. Perseverance and
self-reliance, two really important assets in our journey
through life.
Aug 2010
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