In life in general, as in most activities, we talk a lot about endurance and perseverance. We look up to those who follow through and makes something of themselves.
-They are just two words for the same thing! You might think. But that's not really true.
A lot of people would probably know that already, but for me it was something i never thought of until today.
I was out doing my regular running in a nearby park and in my meditative breathing and at my most comfortable pace i tend to do a lot of thinking. Thoughts go through my mind about most things in life, and today it came down to two words describing, to most people, positive characteristics.
So, i started thinking, what would i prefer to be in the eyes of others? He who endures or he who persevere?
Endurance is all about being put through pain and suffering and to come out intact at the other end.
In order to be enduring you have to put yourself through things that hurt you, are scary, dangerous or unpleasant, and deal with them.
Perseverance on the other hand is in my interpretation more about experiencing difficulties doing something you like, to feel a hindrance to complete something you wish for. To persevere would be to complete anyway, to look at the thing you like doing and think to your self: "of course there will be ups and downs, the important thing is that i am doing something i love"
Then, who would i rather be in the eyes of others? Thats not really what i should think about, i realize...
I know what i rather be in my own eyes. I rather be he who persevere than he who endures.
So i will keep doing what i love, and skip the other things...
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