Beat ‘em, Beat ‘em, Like Antietam, so goes out the battle cry!  It’s all about perseverance, as it is do or die!

So, what does the Civil War Battle of Antietam have to do with your daily improvements and the multiplication factor of future successes?

Well, if you look at what happened, not only was the one day battle a victory for the Union troops, but it turned back the Confederate troops from gaining future ground into the north, thus turning the tide of the entire war.

If you have the right perspectives about life and persevere through your issues and difficulties, then you can win at life!

Life is about wrestling with many issues, circumstances, and challenges that can be overcome, even when you don’t appear to be winning.  Perspectives can change, as what may be going on, isn’t always the reality of things.

Honestly, the Union troops out-numbered the Confederate troops, but they could not always see it, so they did not use all of their fighting power.  The battle was still won by the Union, but it was a very bloody battle with large casualties on both sides.

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Really, it all comes down to perspective.  Things go your way, then they don’t, but if you persevere, you can still win your battles.

All was not as it appeared in this Civil War battle, but perseverance paid off!

The high ground may be with you one moment and lost the next, but that is the nature of things in war.  Sticking to your guns and not giving up is essential to your victory.  Ultimately you will win if you have a perspective of victory and persevere until you push back your foes.

To do this, you must apply a few unique fighting tactics to gain your victory:

1. You must believe and declare that you are on the side of truth and that you have the victory already!
2. You must stop your enemy with overcoming words of victory that are inspired of a higher power than he has.
3. Be meek towards your Creator, but also be courageous with Him against your foes, because truth is on your side and when proclaimed, it will be backed up with power from on high as long as you are operating in truth and love.
4. Now advance in victory against your enemies as you apply truth and courage to the battlefield you are on.
5. It is now time to call down the blessings of heaven over your battlefield that follow the defeat of your enemies. After you have declared your victory, stake out your amazing future with the right winning perspectives and with victorious words and images inspired of the Creator from your mind – you have won and will maintain the victory!
6. Keep moving forward and don’t look back to your old way of thinking that brought you into failure but maintain the victory and hold onto it.
7. Expand your victory with the same understandings and methods that you employed to win at past battles.

All in all, you must simply have the right perspectives about your victories, the right amount of perseverance to fight through them, and the strength and inspiration the comes from your Creator to move you into the victories of life that we all want.

You are a mighty man of valor, just believe it and go to war – you will win!

Take Care of Yourself and Go Forth In Victory  – God Bless You!

Sincerely,

Paul J. Eberhardt – Author

A Paul J. Eberhardt Weekly Illuminator Original

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