by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 15, 2022 | Determination Despite the Odds, Hanging on to Hope, Miracles
“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all those around me seemed insufficient to the day.” Abraham Lincoln January 1864 – Andersonville...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 27, 2022 | Chasing Your Dream, Hanging on to Hope
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as the expectation of something tomorrow.” Orison Swett Marden Early 2005, Pershing Park – Los Angeles, California: Steve Lopez, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 16, 2022 | Adversity, Determination Despite the Odds, Hanging on to Hope
“Every struggle in our life will become a story someday. It will either be a story about how we got stronger and persevered or a story about why we gave up. We can’t always choose our struggles, but we can choose which story becomes true.” ...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 2, 2022 | Adversity, Courage Under Fire, Hanging on to Hope
“There was never a night or problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.” Bernard Williams 2:45 p.m. Saturday, April 26, 2003 – Blue John Canyon, Utah: Aron Ralston had hiked seven...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Mar 25, 2022 | Against the Odds, Courage Under Fire, Hanging on to Hope
“Dear Lord, never let me be afraid to pray for the impossible.” Dorothy Shellenberger 2 p.m. August 5, 2010 – Copiapo, Chile: The 120-year-old San Jose gold and copper mine 28 miles north of Copiapo, Chile, had been groaning for several months. Management...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Feb 26, 2022 | Courage Under Fire, Determination Despite the Odds, Hanging on to Hope
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Martin Luther King Jr. October 19, 1960 – Atlanta, Georgia: It was one of the worst days of Martin...
