Perseverance

The most important thing I learned this week was that now matter what happens, I need to persevere. This is really difficult but it is essential if I am to achieve any worthy goal. Jeffrey R. Holland said it well in his address to BYU students in January 1983. He said, " It is simply a truism that nothing very valuable can come  without significant  sacrifice and effort and patience on our part." This means that in order to achieve anything of lasting value  in this life, we must make choices that will enable us to continue onward, regardless of how long it takes. Holland says later in his devotional address  that

"the baking of life's best cakes takes time." This means that we need to be patient  in the process  of achieving our goals. we have to be wiling to wait for our dreams to come to fruition. It may take more practice, more experience or just more diligence until our vision is realized.  Nicola Tesla put forth this diligence and effort,even when he failed to receive recognition. Reverend Robert Sirico's thoughts, titled  The Persistent Innovator,  concludes that Tesla's was a  "resounding model of perseverance in the face of obstacles. He pursued his dreams, his ideas, even when doing so was hard, draining, and even demeaning." Sirico  continues, " We need brilliant men and women like Tesla: we need people with a broad vision of what can be and what really is of lasting value, people with strength to surmount obstacles and maintain a  definition of success that is deeper and more authentic than what we find in today's... tabloids." I want to have that  kind of perseverance.I want to be that kind of entrepreneur.