In the 'Age of Sail' on our earth’s vast oceans, sailors were literally at the mercy of the wind and the waves. They didn’t have engines as a backup propulsion source when the the winds died down. When the tides turned and a ship and her crew were faced with daunting weather, a yell would sound out, “Hold Fast”!

To hold fast means to bear down… to grit it out and above all, stay the course.