Faith
"The journey of perseverance begins with fire, with passion for our cause, with hope to change things.
"As the journey continues, passion dissolves into weariness. The obstacles are larger than we expected. The insanity is more than we can bear. But still we travel on, one foot in front of the other.
"And then there comes a point when we realize that we will not see our work bear fruit before we die. And that's o.k. We feel content that we have planted seeds for some future harvest. That we have met good people. That we have learned many things. That we have survived this far and lived to pass on the stories.
"We're certainly not the first ones to have our dreams pushed so far into the future that we won't live to see them. Consider Moses or Abraham or Martin Luther King. They each carried clear visions revealed to them by their God, but they also knew they would not live to see these promises fulfilled.
"What led them forward was faith, not hope. Faith in the truth of their visions that came from a source beyond petty needs for satisfaction and accomplishment.
"Perhaps holding true to the vision and not losing our way is enough for one lifetime."
