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The parent of all perseverance is the power of the
motive idea.
This virtue has been much calumniated.
The weaklings and the incapable are glad to give it the name of "mania" or "
fixed idea."
But fixity of ideas is an indispensable quality in the accomplishment of
results.
Unsettled and wandering ideas invariably lead to decisions whose diversity is
their weakness.
The man who really and ardently desires to arrive at his goal will mistrust
every suggestion that is alien to the main purpose that fills his mind.
The ends he seeks will always be the regulators of the decisions he makes.
He will not lose sight of the fact that the effort of will-power that causes him
to make a certain decision is for him merely a transitory state of mind.
In order that this state of mind may become definitely established it is
necessary that it should produce acts which will tend toward the accomplishment
of his purpose.
In those cases in which the action has been prematurely undertaken he must not
allow himself to be haunted by any thoughts inimical to the successful outcome
of what he has determined to do.
"We are now speaking only, it should be understood, of those eases in which such
thoughts might turn him aside or lead him astray from his goal.
In all other cases every change of place, every possible betterment that he
thinks of should be welcomed by him and critically examined with all possible
care.
However, before changing his original purpose, it will be well for him to
undertake a serious examination of the facts involved, in order to prevent
himself from embarking thoughtlessly upon a dangerous course, or, what is a
thousand times worse, arriving nowhere in particular.
The man who would possess the gift of perseverance should, before elaborating
the plan which is to be perseveringly followed out, do exactly what all prudent
travelers do at the time when they are about to set out upon a journey.
They begin by consulting their tastes, and the reasons or the special interests
that lead them to choose one country rather than another.
The choice once made they consider their means.
Next they consider the question of the amount of time they are able to devote to
the trip.
They then provide themselves with clothes and equipment of all sorts, of which
they are likely to stand in need.
This done, they spread out before them the map of the country they propose to
visit and carefully plan out their itinerary, allowing for the delays of the
journey and the difficulty of making connections, and marking the towns at which
they wish to stop and the spots or the localities which they think will be
likely to interest them.
Then only do they actually start upon their journey, knowing exactly where they
are going, without being exposed to any delay from the occurrence of conditions
which will be likely to turn them aside from the route they have chosen.
Those who act otherwise will very likely be delayed in some manner at the very
outset.
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