Perseverance

 I remember around 20 years ago , working in a cabaret show abroad. The lady I was working for had plans for a photo shoot. On the morning of the shoot we had rehearsals and the photographer didn’t turn up. There was also an issue with the hotel where we were rehearsing and we had less time than originally planned  Basically everything that could have gone wrong did !! I remember being amazed that this lady was moving everything around to still be able to do the photoshoot. I remember thinking why not just give up ?? Admit defeat ! 

But you had to admire her absolute tenacity and iron strong will to get the job done! She bought a disposable camera used a different part of the hotel and ran the photoshoot  herself! 

You may be wondering what relevance this holds to my BAPP. The answer is quite a lot. 

From that single experience I learned that actually you simply cannot give up so easily. This learning can be transferred to many other experiences in life. Adult life doesn’t allow for giving up so easily. I have even blogged about perseverance before, in module 2!

Over the years I’ve sometimes had challenging situations and have realised that one of my strengths is perseverance. To unpick that idea .....I think I can sometimes only feel satisfied when I’ve chased the answer down and solved the issue. 

As humans we find it easy to criticise ourselves but we are often not as quick to identify positive character traits, and for me perseverance is one of mine  

As I enter into module 3, I need to remember to persevere. No module has been easy initially. I have had to work on it and chase down the answers until it was complete. This module is no different, it still raises challenges, I just need to persevere.