![]() ![]() Jake was the son of the man who introduced my parents. Lately, I have been thinking about a person I knew nearly all my life who had this attribute without my even realizing it. If soap operas are your thing, you could probably even argue that Susan Lucci does. Joan of Arc did and so did Nelson Mandela. It is probably true that anyone we laud as a hero has some version of this characteristic. Their devotion is simply that fierce and wholehearted. It is not that they are uncooperative, argumentative, or deliberately obstinate. They keep knocking when the door has been slammed shut, and when that fails, they climb through a window or enter via a back alley. There is something that gets me about people who refuse to give up, even in the most ridiculous and irredeemable circumstances. The thread that ties my heroes together is their persistence. ![]() They might all carry a certain je ne sais quoi that defies definition. Perhaps they all play for the Cleveland Browns. Maybe each of them has offered the world a similar style of service. Here's an interesting exercise: think of the people you admire most and consider the consistent qualities they share. ![]()
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