Friday, June 26, 2020

What It Takes


Yes, in part, it’s what has been done, yet

what’s more, we await the arrival of that

which is to come.


A sailor on the bow of the ship tosses

the rope to the dock man on the pier. The

ship can’t be landed and secured until it

is moored to the dock on shore.


It’s is the repetition, my friends, which

keeps success in motion.


One inoculation is not enough. Vaccine

must be administered to one person after

another to stem the tide of disease.


The control tower repeatedly lands aircraft

one by one in a row, bringing a stream of

passengers to safety. It is never done just

once to achieve the goal. It takes contin-

uation to realize success in any endeavor.



Respect is not shown and bestowed with just

a passing word. It takes action upon action

which precede and follow.


The axiom, if at first you do not succeed, try,

try again. And it must likewise be extolled,

success is a continuum which must be reap-

plied time and time again.


A single meal is not enough to nourish the

body for a lifetime. One girder or brick laid

does not a skyscraper make.


One cannot reach 100, 1000, one million

without a sequential accounting for all the

numbers which come before.


It takes more than a gratuitous word, a kiss

and a hug to perpetuate a solid and enduring

relationship.


A single action is but a beginning, the foundation

to the next and the next must be laid, building a

pathway to success.


Civil Rights is a perpetual process in motion.

                                                -30-

Chris Hanch 6-26-2020



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