Words to Digest: Perseverance

The first word in this series was chosen because it is one of my favorite words.

Perseverance

noun

The continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition: the action or condition or an instance of persevering: steadfastness.

When I started this journey I knew that PERSEVERANCE had to be the method that got me to my goal. My perseverance was fueled by a nutritionist at Vanderbilt telling me I couldn’t achieve my goal, which was reversing Diabetes. Her off-hand dismissal of my chosen path to do that not only made me mad at her attitude but also launched my personality’s penchant for finishing what I started no matter how hard, how long, or how disappointing the path would be.