Tenacity

A story is told of three trees in the forest who had different dreams of what they would make when they were cut down. The first tree thought that it would be curved to make a beautiful chest that would hold very expensive and beautiful jewelry. The second tree thought that it would make a magnificent ship that would ferry royalty and the last one believed that it would grow tall and everyone who came to the forest would marvel at its height and see God's glory.  When the first tree met the ax, it was carried off by a farmer to make a manger, the second one was used by a fisherman to make a fishing boat. The third one, however, was struck down by lightning and its poles were carried and left outside unused. Many winters, summer,s springs, and autumns came and went and the poles were untouched. This sounds like a depressing story following the crash and landing of the trees' dreams. However, here is the catch. Many years later when Joseph and Mary could not find an inn to rest i...

 There is no mountain without valleys, and neither is life. The mountains of life are all about glory, celebrations, winnings, and glamour. The valleys, however, are full of pains, sweat, tears, gory details, and losses. Valleys of life are unique to each person. some are deeper than others and the only person who can truly understand your pain is you. So, you are at the lowest point of your life, what next?  It is so easy to get stuck at pity parties😧 and the sadness makes me merry😔 but here is one word that changed my world. Tenacity . Holding on, no matter what. Oh, I know a few will think of those instances where holding on does more harm than good🙆,  but that is a story for another day. Tenacity is holding on to life, peace, happiness, passion, and to good energy. It is falling down and getting up wiser. It is getting a series of wins and staying focused on the goal. It's about finding passion and fighting when it's the bleakest of days, and it's all about wa...