Tag: Don’t Give Up

Commit Yourself

“To embark on the journey towards your goals and dreams requires bravery. To remain on that path requires courage. The bridge that merges the two is commitment.”

― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

         In this life, there is no one preventing you from achieving your dreams but you. Anything in life is possible if you commit yourself and go after it with everything you have. Be brave enough to believe in a limitless future. For if you dream it, you can achieve it.

It Takes Time

“The best teachers have showed me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly–we only think it does. The motion of drawing back a bow and sending an arrow straight into a target takes only a split second, but it is a skill many years in the making. So it is with a life, anyone’s life. I may list things that might be described as my accomplishments in these few pages, but they are only shadows of the larger truth, fragments separated from the whole cycle of becoming. And if I can tell an old-time story now about a man who is walking about, waudjoset ndatlokugan, a forest lodge man, alesakamigwi udlagwedewugan, it is because I spent many years walking about myself, listening to voices that came not just from the people but from animals and trees and stones.”

― Joseph Bruchac

          Have patience. Always remember that the journey of life is not a sprint to your end destination; rather, it is a marathon with many forks and detours along the way. So, it’s great to have a goal and a vision of the future, but don’t forget it will take time, commitment, and hard work to make that vision a reality.

Your Story

“You’ve got to trust yourself. Be gentle with yourself. And listen to yourself.  You’re the only person who can get you through this now. You’re the only one who can survive your story, the only one who can write your future.  All you’ve got to do, when you’re ready, is stand up, and begin again.”

― Tessa Shaffer, Heaven Has No Regrets

       At times, it seems like you’re stuck and the storm clouds have rolled in to stay. But you must always remember to trust and believe in yourself. For you can get through any storm or obstacle life brings your way. This is your story and only you can finish it. So stand up, dust off your knees, and begin again.

Triumph Over Adversity

“My Dear Son,
I am so very proud of you. Now, as you embark on a new journey, I’d like to share this one piece of advice. Always, always remember that – adversity is not a detour. It is part of the path.

You will encounter obstacles. You will make mistakes. Be grateful for both. Your obstacles and mistakes will be your greatest teachers. And the only way to not make mistakes in this life is to do nothing, which is the biggest mistake of all.

Your challenges, if you let them, will become your greatest allies. Mountains can crush or raise you, depending on which side of the mountain you choose to stand on. All history bears out that the great, those who have changed the world, have all suffered great challenges. And, more times than not it’s precisely those challenges that, in God’s time, lead to triumph.

Abhor victimhood. Denounce entitlement. Neither are gifts, rather cages to damn the soul. Everyone who has walked this earth is a victim of injustice. Everyone.

Most of all, do not be too quick to denounce your sufferings. The difficult road you are called to walk may, in fact be your only path to success.”

― Richard Paul Evans, A Winter Dream

         You will undoubtedly face many setbacks and difficulties throughout your life. And at times, it may seem like your path is strewn with jagged rocks and rough terrain. But you must not look at your struggles as merely a cross you must bear. No, use your struggles as stepping stones to propel you forward. Gather strength and perseverance from your challenges to triumph over any curveball life may throw at you.

Choose Your Narrative

“The chief beauty about time
is that you cannot waste it in advance.
The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,
as perfect, as unspoiled,
as if you had never wasted or misapplied
a single moment in all your life.
You can turn over a new leaf every hour
if you choose.”

― Arnold Bennett

         At any moment, you have the power to say this isn’t how my story will end. You and you alone can decide right now to change the narrative. For the next hour or day of your life has yet to happen. So, don’t waste another second of your life being stuck or unhappy. Embrace the power of change.

The Choice is Yours

“If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options.
You can climb it and cross to the other side.
You can go around it.
You can dig under it.
You can fly over it.
You can blow it up.
You can ignore it and pretend it’s not there.
You can turn around and go back the way you came.
Or you can stay on the mountain and make it your home.”

― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

           Life is all about choices. When life places a roadblock in front of you, you can choose to do something to get around it or you can choose to do nothing. Whether you move forward in life or sit on the sidelines watching life happen around you is always a choice. So, choose to face any obstacle head on instead of succumbing to life’s challenges.

Defeat is a Choice

“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.”

― Roger Crawford

          In this life, you will undoubtedly face many obstacles and roadblocks that will push you to your limits. This is out of your control. However, whether you choose to succumb to life’s challenges and give up is a choice that is completely within your control. So choose not to let life defeat you, for you are strong enough to weather any storm life throws at you.