Perserverence W/o Exception

Everyone Has A Worst Time In Their Life. There's Always A Worse Time. We Are All Either In A Crisis, Coming To One Or Coming Out Of One.

By Your Hand The People Shall Live

When I Was 19 Years Old, Both Of My Parents Died In The Same Year; My Mom Of Cancer And My Dad In A Car Accident. Through The Next Two Or Three Years And A Series Of Bad Decisions - All My Own, I Might Add - I Ended Up Literally Homeless, Before That Was Even A Word. I Even Slept Occasionally Under A Pier On The Gulf Coast.

When You Know That Everything Matters—that Every Move Counts As Much As Any Other—you Will Begin Living A Life Of Permanent Purpose.

Then The Old Man's Face Hardened. "what About You Young Man?" He Asked Flatly. "would You Like To Get What You Deserve?" Jones Let That Question Hang In The Air For A Moment, Then Sighed, Shook His Head, And Said "me? I Surely Don't Want What I Deserve. I'm Hoping For Mercy, Not Justice.