Posted by sassyfrancesca on July 17, 2008, at 10:21:40
In reply to Re: Why do people persevere? » Tabitha, posted by Dinah on July 17, 2008, at 9:54:23
...was (my ancestor): Captain Sam Whittemore; you ca find his story on the internet: "America's Oldest Bravest Soldier."
He was 86 years old just before the Revolutionary War (June 1776)....he went out and fought the British; killed 3 of them. They beat him, stabbed him, bayoneted him 14 times, shot off half of his face, and still he fought on.
He didn't die (miraculously!). He lived to be 97 years old! He is my hero!
I am thinking I have his genes....I persevered through a lifetime of abuse (except for 3 years in the army). www.psychiatricjournal.com, entitled: The Transcendent Child on Overcoming Verbal and Spiritual Abuse
It's all in my memoir!
The alternative to not persevering is giving up; I've never been able to do that; it didn't work too well in living with an abuser for 36 years, but I finally got that that kind of perseverence was not a good thing, LOL, LOL
Sassy
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