On October 13, 2010,
the last of 33 miners trapped nearly half a mile underground for more than two
months at a caved-in mine in northern Chile, are rescued. The miners survived
longer than anyone else trapped underground in recorded history. The miners
survived by not giving up despite the desperate situation they found themselves
in. Too often we give up right before success can come. Discouragement is
natural when times are tough, but one must keep putting one foot in front of
the other and carry on. As the old saying goes, “tough times never last, but
tough people do.” Although that may be a tired cliché, it does contain a great
deal of truth. The Dao endures through all and always will.
