Archive for July 23rd, 2017
Endurance
To endure is to last, to persist; endurance is the ability to withstand hardship and/or stress, it is fortitude.
Marathon anything demands endurance to be successful. We get to the other side of personal and collective hardships by enduring.
Assaults on our health and ensuing treatment, for example chemo-therapy, require endurance. Surviving the grind of daily living is an act of persistence.
“Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the divine.” ~ Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” ~ Frederick Douglas
“Small change, small wonders – these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately my life.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver
This week I invite you to acknowledge and celebrate your ability to endure.
