Ready...to not give up.

Imagine all of the great things we accomplish when we never give up.


And all of the ways we can gain so much more from taking a harder road to get there.


The realization has always been enough to get me moving, and I realize I need to not give up so quickly on the endeavors I seek. Even the smallest actions can demonstrate my willingness to throw the towel in with ease. Like stopping my math homework once I get to a question I don't understand instead of looking back in the text book. Or for that matter, not doing my math homework at all. (For this is giving up on something bigger--homework in general) But even bigger than homework--myself, my relationships, my life. A disaster builds with one hole in the package, one leak in the container, one mask on the face of reality...just one. But the same holds true for a beautiful life. It begins to take form with just one act accomplished all the way through, one success, one dream achieved, one goal completed. Just one, and life is born.

Well, I'm sure I've accomplished many more than just one goal or dream or success... but I think it appropriate sometimes to clear the slate and start over at zero, avoiding a life of inertia, and rather recognizing all of the beginnings we have available, waiting for us to seek, work at, and not give up until achieved.

Because it is valid and appropriate to imagine all of the great things we accomplish when we never give up on them, on ourselves, or on eachother. And it is also true that to live with this sort of unwillingness to cease until finding satisfaction is never an easy task, but certainly an admirable goal.

And today, I'm ready to be admirable.


(These thoughts inspired by the help of Brian J. Ward)