The Pursuit (Last Chapters): Success is Not Making Excuses
"𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁". ~ 𝗗𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗬𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿
𝗛𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆! 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲. 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁, 𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺?. 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁" 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗬𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿.
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄, 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲" 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗱 𝗠𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁. 𝗦𝗼 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝘀𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺.
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻, 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘀, 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘀, 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
𝗔𝗹𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁! 𝗪𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀. 𝗢𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆, "𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆", "𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆", "𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿", 𝗼𝗿 "𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗜'𝗺 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿".
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁.