Thought For The Day – Wednesday 4th March 2026
Endure
The word “endure” is derived from the Latin “durare”, meaning: to harden; to hold out; to make last; to continue. This is also the origin of the word “duration”.
What things endure in our lives?
People, nature, experiences, memories, moments, legacies, care, respect.
In the Bible, Saint Paul talks of “faith, hope, and love” that endure.
In particular, Saint Paul talks of “the greatest of these”, which is a “love that endures all things”, even though, in this life, sometimes and oftentimes “we see only through a glass darkly.”
In life, and hopefully beyond, it is the deep and qualitative that truly endures.
Everyone endures in their own personal and thoughtful way.
This week we are celebrating Books. Tomorrow is World Book Day. The Arts, Literature, and Stories endure over Time and Geography.
As does Music and the Arts generally. We certainly saw this with “Our House”, the recent Whole School Production. Today and this evening sees the culmination of the prestigious House Music Festival, so wonderfully organised in previous days and weeks.
Just like the German Exchange, the 30th anniversary of which we celebrated earlier this week, T.B.S.H.S.’ House Music Festival itself, now in its 46th year, has very much endured. Thank you very much to Mr. Emery, Mr. Mead, and all the Music staff and students for their continued inspiration. Pictured below is last year’s winner, Ezra Darley, who was then a Year 11 student.
This week is also National Careers Week as students reflect on a profession, purpose, vision, vocation, evidenced today in different employment opportunities and pathways, that can endure. Thank you, once again, to Mrs. Jonas.
Tomorrow, U.K. Science Week commences. Science very much endures, as much as the approximately 13.8 billion years old Universe, and everything in it, Science explores and enhances. Thank you to the Science department, and all Scientific areas, for their life-changing work.
