When The Going Gets Tough

Most of the work that’s done in the world gets done by people who weren’t feeling all that well at the time that they did it.
Eleanor Roosevelt

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

โ€œThough you may hear me holler, and you may see me cryโ€“ Iโ€™ll be dogged, sweet baby, if you gonna see me die.โ€ โ€“ย Langston Hughes

โ€œThe greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.โ€ โ€“ย Source Unknown

โ€œPerseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.โ€ โ€“ย Walter Elliot

โ€œThe difference between the difficult and the impossible is that the impossible takes a little longer time.โ€ โ€“ย Lady Aberdeenย  ย ย Read More Encouragementsย 

Did you know, in the late 1800s, the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks? The highest paid workers in 1880 averagedย $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 adultsโ€™ pay. Hereโ€™sย How a Deadly Railroad Strike led to Labor Day, a time to celebrate those who get the work done.

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Special Days This Week

Sunday, September 5: International Day of Charity

Established by United Nations in 2012, International Day of Charity encourages global philanthropy and volunteering. Goal: bonding between peoples and communities across social and economic borders. A day when everyone canย become a hero.

Thursday, September 9: International Sudoku Dayย 

In 1892, the French newspaper โ€œLa Siรจcleโ€ printed a game like Sudoku that required mathematical skills. Todayโ€™s version requires logic. [Aha! Thatโ€™s why I canโ€™t win!]

Friday, September 10: ย World Suicide Preventionย  Day

Allow tomorrow another chance.

“Never, never, never give up.” Winston Churchill
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Succeed and Soarโ€™sย โ€œEleanorโ€™s Insightsโ€ series is illustrated with photographs of โ€˜wild places.โ€™
This post’s featured photograph was taken while riding SkyLine Drive. The image always makes me think of, โ€œBetween a rock and a hard place.โ€ Did you phrase comes from the Greek story of Odysseusโ€™ voyage home from the Trojan War, when he had to sail between two monstrosities? Read more.

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Sandra Gould Ford

Sandra Gould Ford is an author, educator and former steelworker who presents arts experiences to encourage, refresh, enrich creative thinking and inspire. She belongs to the Authorโ€™s Guild and Science Fiction Writers of America and is a former member of the American Society of Media Photographers. For more information, visit her web site: SandraGouldFord.com.

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