When the road looks rough, keep going, ’cause:

“Though you may hear me holler, and you may see me cry– I’ll be dogged, sweet baby, if you gonna see me die.” – Langston Hughes

“The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.” – Source Unknown

“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot

“The difference between the difficult and the impossible is that the impossible takes a little longer time.” – Lady Aberdeen    Read More Encouragements 

Did you know, in the late 1800s, the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks? The highest paid workers in 1880 averaged $2.35 a day. Children as young as 5 or 6 toiled in mills, factories and mines across the country, earning a fraction of the adults’ pay. Here’s How a Deadly Railroad Strike led to Labor Day, a time to celebrate those who get the work done.

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“Between a Rock and a Hard Place,” [c] 2021, Sandra Gould Ford

Succeed and Soar’s “Eleanor’s Insights” series are illustrated with my photographs of ‘wild places.’