Giving up

It’s easy to give up. Really it is. It’s easy to be overwhelmed. It’s easy to throw the towel in because it feels as though anything you do is worthless. It’s easy to quit because pushing forward just seems too difficult, painful, or like you are up against a horde in opposition.

Go ahead quit. I won’t stop you. I will remind you of this though: Those that are opposed to you, that attack you, that push you, that push opposite of whatever it is you are fighting for — yeah, those people — they aren’t going to quit. Why should they? They assume they are right. And by you quitting, it just confirms how right they are in their own minds.

Because people who are right (or think they are anyway), who are dedicated to a cause/idea/belief, don’t quit. They push ahead regardless of the situation. They keep going. They push forward in spite of the odds.

Criticism can suck. Being called names can hurt. Being attacked behind your back can wound you.

There are plenty of people who would like nothing better than to see you fail, to call it quits, to laugh at you for giving up. There are plenty of people who will rip you a new one, who will attack what you stand for and when you push back will claim they are the victims. There are plenty of people who will keep pushing, completely ignoring whatever you say because they don’t really care and aren’t open to discussion. They believe they are right — why would they listen to another voice.