Adversity | Endurance | Perseverance | Sanctification/ Failure | Trial

PERSEVERANCE AMID FAILURE
In a Time Magazine article entitled, “What It Takes to Reach the Summit” (March 6, 1989), John Skow tells about Stacy Allison and Peggy Luce, the first U.S. women to climb Mt. Everest (29,108 ft.). This, of course, is an extremely difficult feat, one in which many have lost their lives. Stacy Allison had tried it before and failed. “Had the experience taken either woman into unexplored places in her character? “No,” says Allison, not surprisingly. But then she adds, “Getting to the summit didn’t. Winning’s easy. Not getting there the year before did.” “Yeah, failure teaches you things.” Luce says, “Maybe I’m calmer. Friends say I seem more mature. Maybe just tired.”