Perseverance
per·se·vere
/ˌpərsəˈvir/
verb
to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement
For the past two to three thousand years, this tree has been dug into this mountainside standing virtually alone as most of his brothers are located in a grove a bit further below. Standing bravely at an elevation of nearly 12,000 feet, I would imagine this tree has been buried under dozens of feet of snow, stood against 100 mph winds and endured horrible years of drought. And yet...here it still stood as I came across it last week on a scouting trip through the White Mountains with Greg Boratyn and Eric Gail.
I would say that perseverance is something that all of us need at the moment. We have a pandemic that some are predicting could last until next Spring...or beyond, an election that has people screaming at each other almost non-stop, and protests that have had people marching in almost every major city across our country. If you watch either side of the news for longer than a couple of hours, you really begin to feel like your head will explode.
Which makes it all the more amazing when you head off to the mountains and you come across something that has stood up against everything that nature has thrown at it for literally thousands of years. Suddenly you begin to feel like the end of 2020 is really not that far off. I was just watching an old episode of "The West Wing" tonight and the phrase that jumped out at me was "The things that unite us are far greater than the things that divide us" which, after snooping around, seems to be a quote from the late John F Kennedy. In spite of all evidence to the contrary, I'm hoping that this quote is still true today. And in spite of a pandemic, a contentious election and nightly violent protests...our country and its people will persevere.
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Perseverance
per·se·vere
/ˌpərsəˈvir/
verb
to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement
For the past two to three thousand years, this tree has been dug into this mountainside standing virtually alone as most of his brothers are located in a grove a bit further below. Standing bravely at an elevation of nearly 12,000 feet, I would imagine this tree has been buried under dozens of feet of snow, stood against 100 mph winds and endured horrible years of drought. And yet...here it still stood as I came across it last week on a scouting trip through the White Mountains with Greg Boratyn and Eric Gail.
I would say that perseverance is something that all of us need at the moment. We have a pandemic that some are predicting could last until next Spring...or beyond, an election that has people screaming at each other almost non-stop, and protests that have had people marching in almost every major city across our country. If you watch either side of the news for longer than a couple of hours, you really begin to feel like your head will explode.
Which makes it all the more amazing when you head off to the mountains and you come across something that has stood up against everything that nature has thrown at it for literally thousands of years. Suddenly you begin to feel like the end of 2020 is really not that far off. I was just watching an old episode of "The West Wing" tonight and the phrase that jumped out at me was "The things that unite us are far greater than the things that divide us" which, after snooping around, seems to be a quote from the late John F Kennedy. In spite of all evidence to the contrary, I'm hoping that this quote is still true today. And in spite of a pandemic, a contentious election and nightly violent protests...our country and its people will persevere.
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Thank you so much for your views and comments! If you have specific questions or need to get in touch with me, please be sure to send me a message via flickr mail, or feel free to contact me via one of the following: