What Does Perseverance Mean? Learn How To Stay In The Fight

Perseverance is the art of hanging in there when everything looks bleak. It isn’t admitting defeat, and it isn’t throwing in the towel. When you persevere, you’re holding on, believing that something will change. In many ways, it’s being faithful. While sometimes this can lead you toward wishful thinking, I honestly believe many people give up, on the door to success. They lose their ability to fight, and in today’s article, we’re going to discuss that topic.

I almost gave up recently. I was tired of writing and ready to throw in the towel.

Honestly, who wants to pour their heart out day after day, week after week, and see nothing in return? I blamed everybody except myself.

I even took small minute details and believed that Google had shadowbanned my site for a bit.

Turns out none of that is or was correct. I’ve been lazy, and haven’t been writing content like I should’ve been. And my old content wasn’t up to par.

Perseverance is standing up in the face of adversity and saying change is needed. That’s what I must do now. So I’m redoubling my efforts and going full boar.

What Does Perseverance Mean?

I believe perseverance is an inherent skill and we all have it, however, some people have never flexed those muscles, and when a muscle isn’t used, it gets flabby and atrophied. This is one of the reasons people will crumble at the first sign of a fight. They’ve never been in one, and don’t know how to make things happen. When your fight for your goals and dreams it ignites something inside of you.

When you persevere, you’re not hooked on false hope. The key to persistence is knowing what you want and going for it. You have to know your dream is attainable, and you will stop at nothing to get it.

What perseverance means to me.

I’ve been doing this website and another blog for around 16 months (at the time of this writing), and one of the main issues I’ve had is not seeing results in either of them. (On this site Or SnoFallGear).

It’s been demoralizing, and frustrating, and I’ve wanted to quit many times. However in the last few months, I’ve started to see something change, people are finding the sites, and commenting on them, and it’s only the beginning.

I could’ve given up in January when I got a new job, or last December when I wanted to quit all of this. Something inside me said to keep going, and I can’t give up now. Whether I have false hope or not doesn’t matter now. I love writing, and I’m going to keep going. It might take another year, or it may take a decade. Either way, I’m going to let myself be full of perseverance and I’ll make this work.

When Is Perseverance Used?

Perseverance is chasing a dream or goal, despite the difficulties you’re facing. If you find yourself giving up easily, on your dreams. You should take a close look at them. it might mean you’re not passionate about them. To persevere, you’ll need a passion for what you’re trying to accomplish.

Perseverance is important because the good things in life are what you must fight for. When you choose to follow your dreams, they’re not going to magically appear before you.

If they did, we’d all be rich, good-looking, and living by the beach.

Perseverance A Daily Choice

Recently I was speaking with my father, and the doctor had given him bad news about his health. He has a form of cancer and things aren’t looking very good. For half an hour, he spoke to me about his funeral, and what preparations he was making. He sounded defeated, beaten down, and exhausted. The weariness of life and fighting for his health had taken its toll on him. He had given up and had no fight left in him.

For a good 20 minutes of our conversation, he only spoke of his death and funeral arrangements. I believe planning is a good thing, but it doesn’t mean you should give up either. You could hear the fear in his voice and his general demeanor. I don’t believe in quitting, so I spoke up. This is what I told him.

To Persevere Is Standing And Fighting

“Look, I don’t know what sort of future you have. I don’t know God’s plan in this, but I know this. You can’t give up. Persevere and keep fighting. I personally believe you could have 10-20 more years on this planet, but you need to have perseverance for that. You only get stronger by going through difficult times, and right now you’re in the middle of one. You can’t change your Destiny, but you can choose how you’ll face it.

At first, there was silence on the phone, and then he responded. “Yeah, I understand what you mean.” I sensed some peace and a little bit of a fighting spirit returning to his voice.

Even on the phone, I could tell he was astonished, and I heard him thinking and breathing. We spoke a bit more, and I prayed for him before we got off the phone. But my words had ignited a spark of hope inside of him. Perseverance is really hard, it’s holding on tooth and nail, but when you persevere you’re growing as a person, building the muscles you need to be a better person.

Perseverance, A Sad Story Addendum

Since I wrote the paragraphs above, my father has passed away. He went home to heaven has a healed body and finally has peace. The time before he passed was very hard, but one thing I can say is that he kept fighting, and persevering until the end.

Maybe it was the 4 escape attempts he made from the nursing home, or his continual desire to leave his room. Either way, my father was a persistent man, and I love that about him. His perseverance made me proud.

He might have lost his way for a short period of time, but he went down fighting, and I can only hope and pray that I do the same. But he’s home now, and I’m excited for him.

Can Perseverance Be Taught?

I did write above that I believe we all have the ability for this, however, if we’ve never used the skill it makes things more difficult. It’s even harder here in America when we are blessed more than the rest of the world.

However, I do believe perseverance can be taught and learned. Isn’t that how you train? When I work out, I do a set number of pull-ups, and the next day I try to do more or add more weight. This is training and it’s the only way to learn.

Standing And Fighting Is Believing

We can’t see what’s ahead of us, sometimes we’ll get a tiny glimpse forward, but mostly it’s all foggy. Because of this, people tend to get paralyzed, especially when they’re thinking about moving forward. They stop telling themselves it’s only for a breather, but before a lot of time passes, they give up and admit defeat.

When you persevere, you’re holding onto the belief that things will get better, that you’re only in a season, and that you will get through. However, we always forget that the future is unwritten, and our choices affect it. You can fight, or you can surrender, however when you choose to surrender, you’re choosing to be written out of everything.

Perseverance Is Standing Your Ground

When you have a dream, you need to evaluate it, tell some friends about it, and eventually, chase it. If you dreamed big enough, you’ll face some hard times, and take some major risks. However, if you persist, and stand your ground, you just might see your dream come true.

Shoot For The Moon, If You Miss You’ll Land Among The Stars

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Remember, when you persevere, you are holding your ground and believing in what you’re doing. Perseverance is a tight grip and belief that it will work out. When it comes to your dreams, stand your ground.

Perseverance In Your Dreams:

I’m sure you’ve had your fair share of dreams and goals. This is something that separates us from everything in creation. As humans, we have the ability to dream huge and create these dreams and goals. It’s on a scale that doesn’t exist in any other creature.

Perseverance is about realizing those dreams and goals. One of the greatest feelings I’ve ever experienced was accomplishing a goal that seemed impossible. Somehow, it all worked out, and then I dreamed bigger.

Perseverance In Pursuit Of Your Dreams and Goals

Do you even have one? When was the last time you dreamed of something that gave you chills? You know the good kind of chills. Did it propel you to become a better person?

If you’re reading this, and you can’t think of anything. Go back to your childhood. What did you wanna be? Are you that person now? What changed and what stopped you? When you were pursuing that dream, did you persist until the end, or did you stop early?

I’m not saying if you wanted to be a firefighter, cop, or truck driver you should go back to it, but find the essence of it. When you find the essence of it, a whole new world of dreaming will open up to you. This will help direct and guide you in the direction you should be going.

A question I like to ask people is this. “If money isn’t an object, what would you do for the rest of your life, so you could die happy?”

Why aren’t you doing that? What pitfalls have stopped you? Don’t Give Up, but if you have. Pick it back up.

Perseverance In Life Choices:

What goals have you set in your life? Are you just floating, or have you settled? I hope you’re not settled because there’s always another level, always another path, and always a new adventure. You have to keep going, and I believe in you.

Maybe you’ve achieved your goals, have you set new ones? What has prevented you from dreaming bigger dreams? It’s fear, isn’t it?

We all have fear, recently I’ve learned that I fear success. In my early years after High School. I achieved a great amount of it, and it went to my head. I became full of myself and spent a lot of money on worthless things. These were items that mean nothing to me today, but I’m scared to go back into that lifestyle.

Perseverance In Life Goals

When you dream big, and those dreams come from deep in your soul. It’s a lot harder to give them up. You’ll automatically grow deeper in perseverance and you’ll fight harder to protect them.

There’s obviously a common sense part to dreaming, and you should also use that, but when you have a big dream/goal. You’re gonna have to flex that perseverance muscle and hold on tight.

Perseverance In God And What He’s Told You

These dreams can be extremely huge, and they often seem impossible. They’ll fit your skillset, and stretch them to the limit. It might even feel like you have reached your breaking point.

A good thing to remember when you dream these dreams. Try to keep your emotions in check, write down what God is telling you, and what you’re feeling. Emotions can change what you heard, and especially when talking about God’s voice, he can say something and a few days of emotions can transform it.

Write It Down, This Is Important.

He wouldn’t give you the dream if you couldn’t accomplish it. Persevere and you’ll see epic things when you pursue these dreams. In my own life, I’ve seen this happen many times. Hopefully, someday I’ll get all the stories posted, but they keep happening.

The Dreams, That Come From Your Heart:

These are the dreams that come from your skill and mindset not necessarily or directly from God. This is what you want in the future. Someday I hope to own a home in Colorado so I don’t have to purchase a hotel room when I go to Vail. Or it could be someday you’d like a wife and kids.

It can be other things like visiting every country in the world or eating Ewok meat. I know that the last one is impossible, but dreams that come from your heart aren’t bad in their nature. They’re only bad when you let yourself be consumed by them.

Most of the time these dreams will give you guidance and direction, these will give you a focus and point you on a path. Focus, and don’t give up.

Do You Have The Perseverance It Takes?

How do you do this? You dream, then accept the dream, and then you go after it. When you fall down, dust the dirt off and keep running towards it. You don’t give up.

There are millions of people, living in giant cities around the world, and they’re all dead. Not physically, but they go to work for 50 hours a week. They drain themselves making money for a corporation that does nothing except give them a paycheck. After the workday is finished they go home and sit in front of a TV and watch stories. Sometimes I wonder if the movie metropolis was prophetic, at least in this aspect.

These stories are what we wish to be. We are trapped, and looking for an escape. We all know life can be better, but for some reason, we never try to escape.

Why? Because we’ve given up.

I encourage you today if you’ve surrendered your dreams. Get up, and chase them. As long as you have breath in your lungs you haven’t failed, keep going. You can do it.

I Told My Father He Needed Perseverance In This.

I wasn’t expecting anything to happen with my father, and I saw the start of a change immediately in him. For me, it was pretty subtle, because something broke, and I realized how tired I was. I hated life and wanted to make a change. What good is another video game, or another epic car ride? The only thing I can do that matters is change lives.

Having that conversation with my father, ignited the fire in me. It transformed a value in my heart, that I had killed. Now, it’s now reborn and I will rise up. I’ll do my best, and throw myself into my dreams. If I fail, and at least I go down trying, that is better than sitting on the couch watching Netflix, Hulu, Prime, Or Youtube.

Don’t Give Up. You Can Win This Fight.

• To Keep Reading On This Amazing Topic Topic Check Out Luke 16:10
• If You’d Like To Read More About The Life Of Jesus You Can Start Reading The Book Of John.