Transformation from being Stubborn to Perseverance, SHE changed me

The last four months were quite a learning experience for me. A lot has changed within me. For the better of course. The way i think, talk, view things etc. One such great change is my transformation from a stubborn to a persevering one. Never knew that she can have such a great effect on me.
Thank YOU my friend, I miss YOU.....................

DEFINITIONS
Perseverance - To go on resolutely in spite of opposition, importunity, or obstacles; to remain unchanged or fixed in a specified character, condition, or position; to stick with something, especially something difficult or challenging.
Being stubborn - Bring unreasonably or perversely unyielding; mulish; unyielding and not open to reason; performed or carried on in an obstinate or rigid manner; difficult to handle, manage or treat.


COMPARISONS
Going forward vs. Stonewalling
Working toward something vs. Refusing to do something
Having a positive goal vs. Having a negative goal
Making something happen vs. Not permitting something to happen


Someone has wisely quoted:
"The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't."


KEY POINT
It's good to persevere, and not good to be stubborn. When you persevere, you are working toward a positive goal that's attainable. You are flexible and creative in pursuing possible alternatives toward your goal.

When you're being stubborn, you're either being negative to yourself (refusing to give up when you should), or to others (refusing to do what they want or to give them what they want), or to something (being in denial and refusing to face the facts).


BENEFITS
When you persevere, you make things happen. When you're being stubborn you just stop things from happening. Persevering accomplishes something. Being stubborn accomplishes nothing.


Rohit Bhaskar
29th September 2007