Persistence as defined is the continued or prolonged existence of something. Persistence is an obstinate continuance on a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition. Consistence is more along the lines of unchanging in nature, standard, or effect over time. If you don’t really think too deeply, it sounds like same thing right? Here is how I think of these, Persistence gets you there ; Consistence keeps you there. They are both very important and play a big part in who we are and what we do in every aspect of our lives. Persistence is to believe that no matter how tough life seems, there is always something you can do / you can succeed at. Consistence is having the discipline to support that belief day in and day out ; this will take sacrifice and hard work to keep that hope alive. Same holds true for every one of us – your success (your own definition of success – it is different for every human alive) depends not on events , intensity or what you do or didn’t do but rather CONSISTENCY. Life, Dreams, Success, in some ways are a lot like a Chinese Bamboo tree, it takes 5 years for a bamboo tree to break through the ground – you water it, nurture it and fertilize it for 5 years of dormant life before you see anything come through ground . But once it breaks through it only take 6 weeks for it to be 80 feet tall. Persistence is believing there is bamboo nut under the ground (against all the nay-sayers and doubters in your lives) and Consistence is taking care of it for 4 – 5 years of dormancy so it can make that breakthrough. Water your dreams everyday, believe in your hard work everyday, have faith and hope drive you into action every morning. Consistence process will build courage, character and Strong YOU. One day you will realize this process is so much more important than the dream and you will become the dream.
Will leave you with this thought today; Embrace It , Love It, Dream It but most importantly Become It!!! Love Live Learn, Till next time….
Live in your Now 