What I Know about Perseverance
Perseverance always pays off, that's what I've heard countless times throughout my childhood. While I was not the type of kid who would easily believe stuff adults would so confidently speak of, I thought it must be true. After all, whatever is wrong with the idea of perseverance, right? If one persistently works towards something, one must of course be rewarded in the end. However, as I grew up into adulthood and matured in various ways, I realized life didn't always work like that. Perseverance didn't always pay off, and nor did my own experience with it. The meek version of me was ashamed...