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Steadfast and True: The Power of a Steady Heart, Mind, and Soul to Stay the Course

But how do you achieve that?

Nancy Blackman, MASF
6 min readJan 26, 2023

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Steadfast and True: The Power of a Steady Heart, Mind, and Soul to Stay the Course by Nancy Blackman, spirituality, grit, angela duckworth, perseverance, courage
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Spirit, open my heart, mind, and soul to all that You have for me. Give me the courage and strength to travel the distance no matter what bumps pop up in the road.

What if courage and patience were the true markers of success when staying the course? Would you go the distance?

I think you would. I think you would because your heart, mind, and soul are in the right place. Because you know that you know that you know that what you are doing is what you are meant to be doing.

Chances are you’ve hit some bumps in the road of life. It’s inevitable. Everyone does. The last time you hit a bump, how did you get through it and over it?

The same is true for building a writing practice. It takes a certain amount of effort to tell yourself that it will be ok — even when it doesn’t feel like it on that day. And, let’s face it, the fact that writing online is often measured by how many people opened your email or how many people clapped and commented on your…

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Nancy Blackman, MASF
Nancy Blackman, MASF

Written by Nancy Blackman, MASF

Boosted & 8x Top Writer. Owner: Refresh the Soul publication. Editor: The Shortform and Poetry Playground. Published in: “Mixed Korean: Our Stories" — Kindle.

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