I Can Move Mountains with My Mind

I Can Move Mountains with My Mind

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  • Date Submitted: 11/07/2013 7:52 AM
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“There’s always going to be another mountain. I’m always going to want to make it move. Always going to be an uphill battle, sometimes I’m going to have to lose. It’s not about how fast I get there. It’s not about what is waiting on the other side. It’s the climb.” (Cyrus). Perseverance is described as maintaining course in spite of adversity. Transparent as it sounds. Perseverance’s antagonist paves the way to hiding behind names, always in the background, a silent leader wanting so badly to break through, lethargy at its best. Exploring perseverance at birth, its fruitful and barren journey, summing its final end can make the difference. Simply put succeeding President of Hawaii Pacific University Geoffrey Bannister or being the person who cleans the toilets.
Perseverance is a journey. It starts with passion and that exciting “yes let’s do it” clueless to what comes afterwards. (Whitney 137). What happens after is casual and indifferent. The initial enthusiasm sets the stage for choice and success. When turmoil rises and mean-spiritedness take hold (Wheatley 59), optimism dissolves into weariness and slowly seeps away. The journey began at the summit, at the choice. The peak is reached and doubts set in. The time has come to descend but halfway just about cuts it. Another choice made, and the choice becomes “I’m not sure.” To persist or conclude is the test of will. Perseverance is not black and white. Stopping for a moment does not mean abandonment. To fight another day is petitioning words the final goal of victory. “What happens to a dream? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore and the run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over like syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?” (Zinn 443). Take a birds-eye view for the beginning course. Starting is easy. The climb proves more missions.
Let me tell a story. A story of fear, opposition and...

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