We all hesitate when life calls us forward. Using Campbell’s insight that refusal of the call turns adventure into stagnation, you’ll learn how resistance reveals what matters most — and how to lean into courage.
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Today’s Quote: Go All In, No Holding Back
I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. ~ Larry Bird
I Love Underdogs
I love it when an underdog wins. Underdogs in sporting events become favorites because they represent most people . An underdog has had to overcome obstacles at every turn. The underdog has to work harder, train longer, and play with a ferocity reserved for hungry lions . I was watching an indoor track meet on TV recently . The event was the 1500 m men’s final. The announcers let the viewers know who the three best runners were. As the race progressed the three best runners ran bunched together at the head of the pack. They gradually pulled away. A lone runner from the pack broke free from the pack and was running 10 m behind the group of the three. The pace picked up as they entered the final two laps of the indoor track. One of the top tree runners separated from the other two top runners. As the rounded into the final home stretch, the underdog, the runner in 4th place, started running as if he were being chased by a pack of hungry wolves. He passed the third runner, then the second runner. The crowd was going crazy. The lead runner looked over his right shoulder and as he did the underdog flew by him and won the 1500m by two strides. Underdogs don’t quit, they work harder. C’mon, underdog, you got this!
Poem for Today
Keep A-Pluggin’ Away
Paul Laurence Dunbar
I’ve a humble little motto
That is homely, though it’s true,—
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
It’s a thing when I’ve an object
That I always try to do,—
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
When you’ve rising storms to quell,
When opposing waters swell,
It will never fail to tell,—
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
If the hills are high before
And the paths are hard to climb,
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
And remember that successes
Come to him who bides his time,—
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
From the greatest to the least,
None are from the rule released.
Be thou toiler, poet, priest,
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
Delve away beneath the surface,
There is treasure farther down,—
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
Let the rain come down in torrents,
Let the threat’ning heavens frown,
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
When the clouds have rolled away,
There will come a brighter day
All your labor to repay,—
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
There ‘ll be lots of sneers to swallow.
There’ll be lots of pain to bear,—
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
If you’ve got your eye on heaven,
Some bright day you’ll wake up there,
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
Perseverance still is king;
Time its sure reward will bring;
Work and wait unwearying,—
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
Positive Thought of the Day ~ Give It All You’ve Got All the Time
“Never save the best for later. You don’t know what tomorrow holds.” Paulo Coelho
NOTE: No one is guaranteed the next moment. It’s a good reason to give it all we’ve got all the time. If we do, we’ll know we put everything on the table every moment. We’ll have lived a well-fulfilled life.
Positive Thought of the Day ~ Tap into Your Strengths
“Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you’d be surprised, you are much stronger than you think.”
We don’t know what we can do until we have to do it. Why wait to find out? Tap into your reservoir of strength and live the life you were destined to live. The only thing holding you back is a false signal. Don’t listen to it. Take the first step. Don’t quit. Don’t give up. You got this.
Today’s Photo ~ It’s Within Your Grasp
Don’t be discouraged. Your dream may seem far away, but it’s just beyond the cloud cover waiting for you. Keep climbing, don’t quit,
it’s within your grasp.
Think About It ~ Make the Impossible, Possible
Even in the most difficult of circumstances we can make what appears to be impossible, possible. It takes a lot grit. It takes a no quit, never give up attitude. It takes the humility to accept a helping hand when it’s offered. Don’t get down. Get up and get going.
