Tag: perseverance
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August 30, 2007 11:29 PM EDT --
Sí, la marea me ha regresado,
¿Sabes tú por qué?
Porque quería, y yo la quería
Y un día así fue
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December 17, 2007 08:45 AM EST --
"...why pray to permanence, why not pray to nonpermanence,
to change, to--whatever comes next. Willingness is next to godliness." -- Mary Oliver
Change your thoughts and you change . . .
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July 10, 2007 10:37 AM EDT --
Right now my hands are shaking. I thought it might help if I wrote while going through the process of committing to my cataract surgery.
This morning, I called the surgery center to find out what . . .
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September 23, 2008 09:56 AM EDT --
I know shocking isn't it. I never thought I would want to write poetry. However I have dabbled a little and feel free to comment as you see fit:
My whole life you tried to break me down
Break . . .
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November 28, 2007 12:29 AM EST --
perseverance:
steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). . . .
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November 10, 2007 12:36 PM EST --
In April, my husband and I took a trip to the beach to celebrate our five year anniversary. We are quite fortunate to live just a couple hours from the Oregon coast. We left our three sons at my mother's . . .
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July 28, 2009 01:33 PM EDT --
Humble potato cradled by hard soil beneath its relentless weed.
My cork board has room yet for more rejections.
The fly twists but the lean sparrow wants it more.
As I watch the lights of the . . .
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March 17, 2007 06:52 PM EDT --
Having been through the experience of following the Iditarod race for years, and getting my second grades classes interested in it, I am convinced that there is no better example of perseverance . . .
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May 12, 2008 07:49 AM EDT --
"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever . . .
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June 05, 2008 08:13 AM EDT --
Or, "the clerical error and the convict"
" A MAN'S ERRORS ARE HIS PORTALS OF DISCOVERY " - James Joyce
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April 05, 2007 03:37 AM EDT --
I admit it. I had to duck out for a while. The heat in the kitchen was getting ready to bust the thermometer and people were throwing around words that if they struck you would sting and burn. . . .
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October 27, 2007 09:32 AM EDT --
(Excerpt from "The Sting Of The Gadfly," Gregory Allen Doyle, LifeVest Publishing, Centennial, Colorado, 2005, pp. 166-171.)
for Carra
I have mentioned it elsewhere, but this bears . . .
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March 03, 2007 03:12 PM EST --
I first discovered this book in 2001. As a volunteer with a second grade class at Coralville Central Elementary School, my main emphasis is working with children who are below grade level in . . .
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April 22, 2007 02:44 PM EDT --
She is not a winner.
This is not a marathon.
Just another Sunday morning
5K run to honor
the cause of the day.
She received her T-shirt
at the gate,
like the rest of the runners.
It hangs down on her . . .
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November 12, 2009 01:32 PM EST --
I believe CONGRATULATIONS! are in order!
Well Done, Ms. Cha!
(There's actually a video hidden below!)
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July 09, 2007 04:45 PM EDT --
As my first article, I will submit the essay I submitted for my second degree Black belt:
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common . . .
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July 12, 2007 11:44 PM EDT --
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
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July 13, 2007 11:49 AM EDT --
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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March 15, 2007 09:17 AM EDT --
THE DEVIL’S DISH
The finest crimson heat that Hell can bring to bear
To bring hope to a simmer but only a simmer
If therein lies my hope... will it not be requited?
Unrequited hope, one . . .
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October 22, 2007 05:49 PM EDT --
So here we are to discuss winning…what does winning take? What does it mean to win? And more importantly…how do I get there? A starting point: eBay is sponsoring a funny video series called . . .
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