by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jun 2, 2020 | Against the Odds, Never Give Up, Never Lose Heart, Perserverance
Winter 1915 – Antarctica: Captain Ernest Shackleton made the gut-wrenching decision. They would eat their 70 sled dogs. With their food stores almost gone, the 28-man crew had been expecting the decision. Some were disgusted by the idea – many of the dogs had become...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 26, 2020 | Determination Despite the Odds, Never Give Up, Never Lose Heart
October 29, 1941 – Harrow School – London, England: When Sir Winston Churchill, the great British prime minister, was in his late sixties, he was invited to address the students at the Harrow School. More than 50 years earlier, he had finally graduated from this...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 26, 2019 | Compassion, Never Lose Heart, Underdogs
1937 – Los Angeles, California: After his business went bankrupt and two marriages failed, Lionel Mayell swallowed his pride and moved back home with his mother. When he was a boy, she had often referred to him as “the little runt.” Disappointed in his looks and tiny...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 12, 2019 | Never Give Up, Never Lose Heart
February 26, 1791 – London, England: Methodist theologian John Wesley penned a letter to his good friend in the faith, William Wilberforce. In failing health at age 88, it was the last letter Wesley ever wrote. As a longtime outspoken opponent of the British slave...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Aug 20, 2019 | Against the Odds, Chasing Your Dream, Never Lose Heart
1965 – Yale University: He submitted his term paper in his economics class on what he thought was a brilliant idea. In the paper, he outlined an idea for a company that would guarantee overnight delivery of packages to major U.S. cities. The company would function...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 15, 2019 | Hanging on to Hope, Never Lose Heart, Perserverance
1878 – Loretto Chapel – Sante Fe, New Mexico: The nuns stared sadly at the choir loft, positioned 22 feet above the chapel floor. They were distraught. Desperate. After five long years, their chapel was complete except for one thing – there were no stairs to the loft....
