“Why is life so hard?”

A young man, devastated by the loss of his father to cancer, asks his grandfather questions about life and death that have long been on his mind.
A Native American grandfather tells his grandson the sad truth about life that has been passed down to the Lakota people for centuries.

"Keep Going" is a book filled with the unavoidable pain of harsh reality, the sadness of having to endure it, and the wisdom to overcome it.
Through a conversation between a grandson and his grandfather, he talks about how to move forward calmly on this exciting journey we call life.
This book argues that our journey through life, as we walk upon the earth, is ultimately not a result of heavenly principles or religious salvation, but rather of the long-standing experiences of those who have passed down through generations.
The author has clearly expressed the wisdom of life passed down through the centuries from our ancestors.

Author Joseph M., a native of the Lakota tribe in the United States.
Marshall says that our lives have two sides.
It conveys the nature of life that just as darkness sets in and the sun rises again, so too do happy moments often lead to pain and sadness.
Nevertheless, he advises us to move forward silently, enduring the adversities and hardships that have been given to us according to our destiny.
Through this book, life gives us greater enlightenment, and pain and sorrow also become the reasons for our lives.

I hope you can relate to the fact that life is a journey where you sometimes have to walk in the sun and sometimes in the shade.
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“He told me to take the journey that was before me, the journey that would become my life.
“He said that was the only way I could get the answer.”
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Yet, if life brings adversity to your journey, you will inevitably find opportunities to learn resilience from it.
That is what an invisible gift is.
Of course, I know it's not easy to think of difficult times and sadness as gifts.
But if you push through it, won't you be able to make it a gift, one moment at a time, one day at a time? Through those moments and those days, you'll eventually become stronger...
“That is the gift you will receive.”
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The kind of person you will be at the end of your journey will be created as you travel.
Your life is completed by the different paths you choose.
The choices you make and the path you take are added to the image that makes you who you are.
No matter which path you choose, the journey will eventually come to an end.
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“To learn something, you must never turn away from it.
“It is never easy to face the wind, cold, and darkness that life’s storms bring, but it is something that must be done.”
--- p.105

The reason the reward for going up is so much greater is probably because it takes so little effort to go down.
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The most fragile step taken toward the mountaintop, toward the sunrise, toward hope is stronger than the fiercest storm.
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There's a saying, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." There are no rules about how long a step should be or how fast you should walk.
There is also no rule that says our steps must always be brisk.
Life asks us to just take one step at a time.
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Perhaps the secret to life is perseverance.
Like a river, the seasons turn and turn again, and they continue to flow.
Like a herd of buffalo… .

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