After hours of searching the deep valley he realized that this was the best way over. He began the ascent over rocks and boulders. Some of the rocks cut his fingers and palms, others bruised his feet and shins, yet he wouldn't surrender. At the other side of this slate- and rock-filled ridge lay his goal.
He knew that beyond this obstacle lay an easy day's trek home. He could almost taste the sweet water from the springs, and feel the warmth of his hearth.
His visions kept him going, pumping both blood and the pain-numbing endorphins, adrenaline sharpening each move. Every reach found a hold and his progress continued as if by magic. After a few hours he stood atop the ridge. He felt ten feet tall!
Determination is the steel of character
that launches accomplishment. The way
to achievement is strewn with shards of difficulty.
If your resolve ebbs, determination is genius.
If you envisage your goals in depth,
design means of realization and stride forward,
ideas will discover the mettle of first steps.
Heightened awareness is more essential
to innovation than the gold of knowledge.
Determination fires the core of creativity,
welding imagination to accomplishment.
