<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833184198019174213</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 08:15:26 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>ipersevere</title><description></description><link>http://www.ipersevere.org/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (iPersevere)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833184198019174213.post-5792137911012627383</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-02T12:21:55.742-07:00</atom:updated><title>&quot;If There is no Struggle, There is no Progress&quot;</title><description>&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;body1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/frederickd377775.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: windowtext; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Frederick Douglass&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodybold1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodybold1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;These words ring true deep inside anyone who perseveres. After all, it is enduring the struggle that makes us fight for progress. Imagine an average person who sets a goal to run a marathon. They train, but not at a level of a professional. They prepare, but don’t know what is in store. They start the race, and get half way through it. Now is when everything gets harder. Some people quit, others make excuses, but few push through the pain, few rise to the challenge. What fight is in those that continue on? That is what this sight is all about. You could replace a marathon with any of life’s challenges. Some people quit, some make excuses, and some rise above it all. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;body1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;” With this quote in mind, think about what your struggle is. I would say that the bigger the struggle, the more opportunity there is to make progress. Your struggle is not unique. Everyone faces challenges. It is what you do in the face, of these challenges, that determines who you are. As for me, iPersevere.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Pinned Image&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; id=&quot;pinCloseupImage&quot; src=&quot;http://media-cache5.pinterest.com/upload/145241156702899028_nK5dcmbS_c.jpg&quot; width=&quot;452&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thestrippervicar.tumblr.com/post/20403859744/created-by-jay-cee&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;(via)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mWRrOmLoOqA/T6GFUoNi44I/AAAAAAAAACk/GgbXhh_f6h4/s1600/IMG_0551.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; mea=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mWRrOmLoOqA/T6GFUoNi44I/AAAAAAAAACk/GgbXhh_f6h4/s400/IMG_0551.JPG&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.storenvy.com/products/341839-ipersevere-wrist-band&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;( via: the iPersevere store)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.ipersevere.org/2012/05/if-there-is-no-struggle-there-is-no.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (iPersevere)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mWRrOmLoOqA/T6GFUoNi44I/AAAAAAAAACk/GgbXhh_f6h4/s72-c/IMG_0551.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item></channel></rss>