Not giving up

# Chapter 124

Don’t give up. As Babe Ruth said, its hard to beat a person who never gives up. You can choose to be that kind of person. It is within you to choose this. This is the foundation of resilience, of grit, of determination. You can choose to never give up, and you will be nearly impossible to beat if you choose to be such a person. Too many people have just quit, emotionally, spiritually, relationally. Sure it takes incredible effort to not give up in the face of difficulties and setbacks and failures, but that is common to each and every person. You nor I are unique in that we face challenges and hardships. The ONES you face may be unique to you, but everyone, and I mean everybody, faces them.

You can make this decision and repeat it to yourself every day. Make a card and put it on your bathroom mirror so that you see each day. Repeat often. Stir. Then repeat again. Never give up. One of my best friends gave up. He hung himself. He would not accept help in the toughest times, and it led him down a miserable end. His children have been without their father these long eight years since he did that. Not that giving up leads most people to suicide, that is not the point of me telling you that. The point is that everyone faces sucky tough times and most just quietly give up inside. Don’t do that to yourself and those that love you and those that depend on you.