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Sometimes it's smart to give up, if the wall your banging you're head against isn't worth it. But when you find out what has real value, be dogged.

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Yup. The problem is how to tell the difference.

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Since the late 90s my favorite word has been PERSEVERE! I brainwashed myself (& my husband) with it repeatedly through several struggles I/we faced in life. Sending yall truck loads of love, big but gentle hugs, and monolithic tons of PERSEVERANCE!!!

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Thanks

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I love the quotes, but only as long as they are in perspective. People who are afraid are already dead...

God is supposed to have created man in order to share His love. Man rejected it in order to find out how far he can get on his own. At this point, the objective is not happiness, but salvation. Of course, that is "happiness," but only in the way God is preparing it for those who love Him.

Yes, sticking to one's guns is imperative. Still further considerations are also in play.

There are primary decisions that determine the rest:

https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/the-final-encounter-with-the-enemy

Obstinacy alone doesn't get me anywhere, but maintaining the same open interpretive frame does:

https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/a-formidable-tool-at-your-disposal

Freedom is as freedom does:

https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/freedom-is-what-freedom-does-but

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great post. For what's it's worth years ago I read and liked G. Gordon Liddy's autobiography Will quite a bit.

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Fascinating, wasn’t it?

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yes, it was. I was impressed.

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This should be taught in schools and retaught in Universities. Thanks for the inspiring reminder.

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