Showing posts with label Persistence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Persistence. Show all posts

Friday, January 20, 2012

Persistence

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." -Franklin D. Roosevelt
The heart of a hummingbird beats over 250 beats per minute. I always wondered how such delicate tiny things survived the challenges of constantly flying around with such movement.

How is it that a tiny bird weighing less than a couple of stones can continue their life so relentlessly..and I can hardly stay alert a whole day?

I'm beginning to feel exhausted by the mundane projects I have compiled throughout the day. Just driving to the gas station makes me want to climb right back into bed and hit the fast forward button to tomorrow.

I feel I'm growing old in these bones and have a lack of motivation for anything, really. I wake up, go to work, come home, take a nap, grab some food, and then fall asleep. I have nothing that excites me, nothing I feel I'm doing differently than the day before.

I always wonder about hummingbirds. They will crash into the same window without falter, thinking the time that follows will differ from the one that preceded it. So why can't I do the same?