Jack is sitting back on the weight stand with his hands ready, about to lift the bar. He gets the bar in the air and slowly starts to go down. Jack gets the bar down to his chest then starts to push back up and struggles very badly. “Don’t give up! Persevere and make it through!”, yells the coach. Just like Jack, we shouldn’t give up when times get tough, we should push through! It is always important to persevere because it teaches us to never give up and makes us tough.
Having the mindset to never give up is an amazing trait to have. For example, in today’s world the average person has the determination of a turtle. If it isn’t an easy goal to reach, they will stop trying and take the easy way around it! Everyone would rather sit around eating potato chips and watching Netflix than actually getting up and doing something. We need to learn to persevere and fight our way through the laziness. In addition, we shouldn’t back down from anything no matter what! Do you think Sia got a number of hit songs with the first record label she got? No, she had to fight and persevere with every single big and little thing she got. Like is like this because in order to reach a goal we make, we need to work for it.
Persevering through the troubles also makes us tough. For example, our One Act Play Cast has been preparing for competition which requires 24/7 perseverance as we grow tired, want to throw in the towel, and forget our lines. We don’t do any of those things though, because we know what lies at the other side of the tunnel, and we will do whatever it takes to reach it. In addition, a freshman is racing against a senior in a track meet and the freshman is out of breath, and the senior is breathing just fine. That is because the senior is used to pushing through and doesn’t get affected when he is racing around the track trying to win. The more we push through hard things, the easier they will seem to us.
When Jack got the bar up it was the best feeling in the world, and he wouldn’t have felt that if he didn’t persevere. Perseverance is the one thing that is keeping us from all being lazy lumps-on-a-log.