When reaching toward a goal, achievement, or prize it can be easy to become discouraged You get to a point where it seems nothing will ever be achieved, goals will never be met, success is merely a dream. At times you may feel you are wasting your time putting forth a great deal of effort while reaping little if any reward.
Yes, discouragement will certainly come. Anything worth pursuing is going to be difficult to achieve. Hours of your life will be required to bring your desire to fruition. I encourage you to pursue. Stay the course you mapped out – and if you have not created a map, go make one immediately. You cannot reach the destination if you do not know how you are going to get there.
Achievements are not made overnight, rather, over time. What course are you taking? Will you be able to say as Paul did “I have finished my course” in II Timothy 4:7?
Be persistent.When you feel like stopping and quitting resolve to take another step. When discouragement fills your thoughts decide to stay the course one day more.
Is persistence an attribute of your life in 2016?
Melanie Fellman Writes 
Absolutely, I’ve been thinking about this a lot. My goal is long term so I keep on chunking it down to motivate myself and not stray off the path.
Thanks for the encouragement.
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Yes, breaking a long term goal into shorter, manageable ones, is key in staying encouraged and motivated. Keep at your goal and you will succeed!
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Yes, yes, yes! This is exactly what I am trying to teach both of my stepkids… persistency! I am working on persistency in 2016 in both my workouts (run training) and my food choices. Thank you for the post on persistency!
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A great aspect to instill at a young age. Sounds like you are doing a great job teaching it by way of example.
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Yes! With prayer on my side I hope to make 2016 the year that I complete everything I set out to begin.
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I look forward to seeing you complete what you set out to perform!
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