by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 22, 2019 | Adversity, Never Give Up, Perserverance
May 10, 1508 – Rome, Italy: When he had first been approached by Pope Julius II to tackle the project, he fled from his home in Caprese, Italy, to hide out in Rome rather than agree to the pope’s request. He was overwhelmed by the magnitude of the task, and he didn’t...
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....
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Feb 22, 2019 | Courage Under Fire, Determination Despite the Odds, Perserverance
1964 – University of Colorado Hospital – Denver, Colorado: Dr. Thomas Starlz shut down his experimental liver transplant program. “We flopped, he lamented, “We just failed.” He had been crucified in national newspapers and medical bulletins. Some accused him of...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 22, 2018 | Chasing Your Dream, Perserverance, Refusing to Quit
November 7, 1939 – New Britain, Connecticut: Korczak Ziolkowski received a letter from Henry Standing Bear, a Lakota Indian Chief in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It began, “My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know that the red man has great heroes,...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 8, 2018 | Courage, Never Give Up, Perserverance
October 10, 1492 – Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa: It had been 34 days since the three small ships left the Canary Islands. The tension and grumbling on board had been building for over a week, and the frightened crew was on the verge of mutiny. The...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Sep 20, 2018 | Adversity, Perserverance, Persistence
October 22, 1938 – Small apartment in Queens, New York: Chester Carlson and his buddy Otto Kornei, an unemployed physicist, stared at each other in disbelief. After a year of experiments in the kitchen, several fires, and an angry wife, they had produced the world’s...
