True marks of a finisher

In a post a week or so ago, I wrote about how important it is to be a finisher. There are times when it seems like the challenge you are facing, is just too big and too hard to handle. But it is vital that we stay in the game of life and finish! To quit should never be an option. So here are a few marks of a true finisher, I hope they encourage you as much as they did me tonight!

"Times change, circumstances vary, but the true marks of a finisher remain. Note them well, for they are vital to our success.

1. The Mark of Vision...It has been said that the doorways of history turn on small hinges, and so do people's lives. We are constantly making small decisions. The outcome determines the success or failure of our lives.

2. The Mark of Effort...Vision without effort is daydreaming, effort without vision is drudgery; but vision, coupled with effort, will obtain the prize.

3. The Mark of Faith...Recognize that faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.

4. The Mark of Virtue...Let virtue garnish they thoughts, this will provide staying power in the race we run.

5. The Mark of Courage... Courage becomes a living and attractive virtue when it is regarded not as a willingness to die manfully, but the determination to live decently. Have the courage_____ and you will thus become a finisher!

6. The Mark of Prayer...When the burdens of life become heavy, when trials test one's faith, when pain and sorrow, and despair cause the light of hope to flicker and burn low, communication with our Heavenly Father provides peace.  ~Thomas S. Monson

 

"CHALLENGES ARE WHAT MAKE LIFE INTERESTING; OVERCOMING THEM IS WHAT MAKES LIFE MEANINGFUL" ~ Joshua J. Marine

"Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be."  ~Grandma Moses

"The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it."  ~C.C. Scott

"Finishers Wanted"

I am still struggling a bit today and so I guess that is why this story caught my eye, in my reading. I know life is hard and there will be days that seem much BIGGER THAN ME, but I also realize, that it is important for me to be a finisher. To keep trying, to keep the faith and to keep trying (even when I feel I can't do any more). So tonight ...instead of telling you all my aches, pains and worries, I will share this beautiful story, that is full of wisdom with you. I hope you enjoy it! Good night dear friends, and thanks for always encouraging me to be a FINISHER!

"One Wednesday I paused before the elegant show window of a prestigious furniture store. That which caught and held my attention was not the beautifully designed sofa nor the comfortable-appearing chair that stood by its side. Neither was it the beautiful chandelier positioned overhead. Rather, my eyes rested upon the small sign that had been placed at the bottom right-hand corner of the window. Its message was brief: 'Finishers Wanted.'

The store had need of those persons who possessed the talent and the skill to make ready for final sale the expensive furniture that the firm manufactured and sold. 'Finishers Wanted.' The words remained with me as I returned to the pressing activities of the day.

"In life, as in business, there has always been a need for those persons who could be called finishers. Their ranks are few, their opportunities many, their contributions great.

"From the very beginning to the present time, a fundamental question remains to be answered by each who run the race of life. Shall I falter or shall I finish? ~ Thomas S. Monson

 

"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere."  ~Frank A. Clark

"Pain is inevitable.  Suffering is optional."  ~M. Kathleen Casey