So Mystical!?

Endless perseverance. Like how an ordinary person, a mediocre person, would spend their entire lives slaving away for a slightly better life, perhaps to no avail, but they would try. When they failed, their kid would try. Generation after generation each would hope to be better then the last, as as long as they kept improving they would eventually be able to reach the splendor and glory they desired a hundred and one lives ago!