Speech On Perseverance

The reason I am who I am today is because of my unsupportive mother. My life has always been filled with hardship that just sent my life on an uncontrollable roller coaster. My mother said, “I never wanted you, you were not even supposed to be here.”

I believe that when you persevere you can accomplish countless things. When someone says perseverance, I believe that people automatically think about working hard and getting rewards after. While working hard is a big part in it, there is more to it. I am going to share a couple of stories that will hopefully change your mind about perseverance.

As a child, we watch many Disney movies and read about different stories. However, many, if not all of us have, at some point, watched or read the story of Cinderella. It’s a story of a young girl who is thrown into adversity, but perseveres through these challenges with a positive outlook and the assistance of some “magical” entity, and lives “happily ever after.” There have been many deviations of Cinderella in order to diversify the story and make it applicable to all of the today’s youth. Despite the differences in character names or story titles, the original theme of perseverance is maintained throughout the numerous tales.

Why do we push past the obstacles to be happy? Happiness is golden to America. Perseverance is the Great Depression. Making it through this frivolous time was an achievement. Farms were going bankrupt, and my grandfather was about to lose more than anyone.

His perseverance through the hard time has helped me understand that even when someone faces tough time they do not have to roll over and take it they can fight to get better. His perseverance through hard times has helped me understand that even when someone faces tough times they do not have to roll over and take it they can fight to get

Elijah Turner thought this as he walked into this familiar place, a second home, the place where his dreams came true. The basketball court.

Homer’s The Odyssey, an epic poem about the trials of Odysseus on his return journey, demonstrates that perseverance is at the heart of every hero. The ability to endure hardships is not a quality that is attributed to many characters, and in The Odyssey, a character’s lack of perseverance will bring him his demise. Similar to Odysseus, Penelope, his wife, perseveres by staying faithful and unmarried for twenty years, while waiting for his return. Through The Odyssey, Homer suggests that those who are loyal to and homesick for their homeland are willing to persevere for their homecoming, and thereby they complete the journey that proves them a hero.

Many people suffer problems in the world today. This includes terrorism and tyranny. It includes kidnapping and hate crime. It can also be cancer and starvation. Many have lived through problems like these and told the tale because they persevered. Through Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, Wiesel’s Night, and Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, perseverance is emphasized the readers by writing about characters, whether they are survivors of the Holocaust, a prisoner of war, or family, that have to suffer obstacles that can potentially kill them if they don’t overcome it. Even though each author has a different way to show perseverance, they all agree on what perseverance can do. Persevering through unfortunate situations

The outcomes of Kaepernick's protest has now become widespread. People are now having conversations about it, creating ways to make change and move forward as a country. The support has been growing strong, some of the biggest celebrities from Jay Z, J.Cole, Eminem and athletes such as Lebron James, Marshawn Lynch, and Michael Bennett have all shown support for Kaepernick. The social media world has taken a huge liking to Kaepernick, with the hashtag used on various social sites such as Instagram and twitter "IStandWithKaep". Even during the controversy, he had one of the highest selling jersey in the NFL from the support of the people. Although Kaep isn't suiting up on Sundays he still received the Community MVP award for his $100K donation

2. What helps and what hinders your ability to reflect on your thinking before, during, and after an event or activity?

I believe that having the ability to persevere in any given situation is one of the best but also one of the toughest qualities that one can posses. Perseverance is not a quality that everyone can have because being able to persevere takes being strong-willed, having the mental capability and the tenacity to push through anything even when it gets difficult. Having perseverance is not easy, I have to be willing to continue with whatever is being done despite the difficulty or delay of succes.

a Courageous act is defined as one that is performe intentinally with awareness and delibiration and has a possibility of some risk, physical or psychological (clarke, lindsay & sternberg,2007). , According to the VIA Survay of Cheracter Strengths, perserverance is classifyedas a specific character strength falling under the broader, core character strength of courage. (Peterson & Seligman, 2004). Perserverance is regarding as an ongoing effort to achieve a goal or acomplish a task despite delayed gratification or obstacles that may appear on the path to success. perserverance does not guarantee sucess but sucess is often unattainable without it because to achieve meaningful accomplishments one must withstand setbacks. (peterson & seligman, 2004).

There are many ways to show courage, riding a new roller coaster, overcoming the fear of talking to someone new, or even just being tough when times are hard. The way that I showed courage was not giving up even when I am not the best at something. In seventh grade, I decided to try out for cheerleading since it seemed fun and lots of my friends were doing it. On the day of tryouts, I was super nervous because I did not want to make the junior varsity team since most of my friends would probably be on varsity. I thought that I would at least try so I could at least make the team next year. I was hoping that the risk would pay off.

What is perseverance? Perseverance is the ability to go on when things seem hopeless. It is also a measure of success, or at least how much sacrifice one is willing to make in the name of success. As students, it is impossible to achieve personal success without having a goal, or direction. The goal and direction that often propels us to achieve is perseverance. Perseverance is the ability to forge ahead despite setbacks that threaten to undermine all efforts to succeed.

Growing up, children are often told the common phrase, “If at first, you don't succeed try, try, again…” (W.C. Fields). This is used to teach children to never give up, a way to ensure that they can triumph over adversity and grow upon their grit. Although, people usually forget the second part of that quote, “…Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” (W.C. Fields). The second half of the quote is a full contrast to the first half, this is telling children to give up and just stop trying. Those who give up are often thought of having no grit. Some wonder if grit is necessary for society, to be more specific if grit is something that should be taught in school, I feel that it should not. Students switch interests so often that it is hard for them to stick with the same interests as time passes. When a student is enthused about a subject, I see grit as a way for one to express their interests. When one’s passion is put to the test and it feels like there is no progress or no more enjoyment left in that passion is when true grit is shown. Those who support the idea of grit, like Angela Duckworth, believe that grit is a big factor in how one succeeds.