by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Aug 25, 2018 | Compassion, Courage, Enhanced Perspective, Perserverance
1951 – A hospital in Sydney Australia: After four grueling hours, doctors successfully removed a diseased lung from 14-year-old James Harrison. The following three days were touch and go for James; he required 13 units of blood to stay alive. His first recollection...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 31, 2018 | Adversity, Chasing Your Dream, Perserverance, Uncategorized
1824 – Mill Grove, Pennsylvania: It was a catastrophe! Returning from a trip to Philadelphia, he opened the storage closet of his small art studio only to find that rats had eaten their way into the boxes where he kept his bird paintings. The rodents had shredded the...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 21, 2018 | Limitless Possibilities, Long Shots, Perserverance
1860, Greenwich, New York: Anna Mary Robertson was born on a farm along with five brothers and four sisters. She did her share of the chores around the farm. At age twelve with money scarce, she began hiring out to work on more affluent neighboring farms. She pursued...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 5, 2018 | Long Shots, Never Give Up, Perserverance
May 10, 1508 – Rome, Italy: Michelangelo Buonarroti reluctantly signed the contract. Two year earlier, when he had first been approached by Pope Julius II to tackle the project, he fled Rome rather than commit to the Pope’s request. He was overwhelmed by the magnitude...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 16, 2018 | Against the Odds, Chasing Your Dream, Perserverance
1964 – Ackerman, Mississippi: “No daughter of mine is going to parade herself around on stage in front of a bunch of strangers in a beauty contest. I will not support you, not now, not ever!” bellowed her father in a voice that could be heard all over the house....
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Mar 29, 2018 | Finding Hope, Overcoming Adversity, Perserverance
On February 26, 1791, 88 years old and in failing health, Methodist theologian John Wesley penned a letter to his good friend in the faith, William Wilberforce. It was the last letter he ever wrote. Wesley, a long-time outspoken opponent of the British slave trade,...
