Revering the Persevering...

Today's my turn, in the evergrowing list of simple-minded reverers, to marvel at Lance Armstrong's cancer-battling 7th-in-a-row Tour de France victory. It's not uncommon to find flashbacks of failure, when individuals ride to the ultimate stardom. The world would never have spoken about a Reed College dropout, had he not grown into the CEO of Apple & Pixar Animation Studios. An Harvard truant, now the Microsoft CEO, would've blended into the specks of dust, had he not pursued his passion. It's true that the former once said "Life's dots get connected over time, and when you look back, each dot, unclear then, will clear up and convey that your life's path would've been incomplete without going through that simpleton-of-a-dot". This kind of a philosophy is hard to realise when you feel as if the world of failures is nailing you to the ground. I believe, the prominent reasons for the invincibles to share their share of pre-success miseries, is that they were meant to be invisible gospels, spurring and inspiring the failures on earth into future successes. When the yoke of failures seem to push you into the oblivion, realise that they are your pre-success stories, that you can relive to commoners, when you get on the top and let the thirst for success drive you to the summit.

This article in SFGate has Lance's coach recollecting his ward's expedition to conquer the hills and rains of the Alps & Pyrenees. Read this

Had he given up in 1998, the world would've lost such a great inspiration for plenty of generations to come. His perseverance made him a legend, and his life a legend to the doubting simpletons.

Keep walking, for the door is around the corner,
Inspired..