After Darkest Hour

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With Suzette's high recommendation, Paul and I finally watched Darkest Hour (2017). It was such a powerful film that we were speechless for a long time. The impact afterwards was even more dramatic. For some reason, I could not get out of my head the ending quote from Winston Churchill, "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

The quote revisited me in the final week for the application of Manager position at Technical Services. I felt a little guiltily and cowardly for not taking any action, for I had been prepared for it for decades, just as Churchill was ready for the role of Prime Minister. After reexamining the local political landscape, and especially after consulting with several great friends/colleagues of mine, I finally reaffirmed my earlier resolution. It is not a world war, with no immediate threat of life and death, but pathetic obstacles on the path of one's professional career. We have to remind ourselves that inaction sometimes can also be an eloquent way of showing courage by resisting the temptation of leading a bureaucratic life. Please remember that Churchill also said that, "Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves, and to save all those who rely upon you. You have only to go right on, and at the end of the road, be it short or long, victory and honor will be found."

The above is my thought process after Darkest Hour.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/winston_churchill_124653

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/winston_churchill_124653