![]() ![]() It’s not always easy, especially when you’ve invested your time and labor, but staying too long in a bad situation just takes time away from an even better opportunity to take shape. Challenge yourself to wisely discern the difference between when you need to dig deep and find extra faith and strength and when you need to quit.Quitting a job is always a positive step when you’re working somewhere that doesn’t treat you right or feed your hunger for life. Ask yourself if you need to quit something but are afraid to do so. The new year is just days away, and as you are contemplating resolutions and major and minor life changes, think about where in your life you need to persevere and where you need to quit. I’m thankful for those times when I haven’t given up and hung in there, and I’m also thankful for the times I reached the end of myself and quit. Knowing when to hang in there and knowing when to surrender have been some of the hardest decisions I have ever made. ![]() Yeah I’ve been a quitter in my life, and I’ve also been a keeper on-er. Quitting can be the doorway to freedom and wholeness. It is emotionally dangerous to live under the notion that quitting is always wrong. Conversely, if you hold onto everything, you may never know the power of healing and the exhilaration of letting go and trying something new. If you quit everything, then you will never learn the beauty of hard work nor will you learn the depth of your own strength and faith. Finding a balance between quitting and persevering in your life is the mark of health and maturity. Every situation breeds a different answer. One of our most difficult tasks in life is learning to discern the difference between when we should keep moving forward and when we should lift our hands in the air and say I’m done. How do we know when to quit, move on, try a new direction, and how do we know when to stick it out, pursue, and persevere? There is not a formula for deciphering this equation. Sometimes quitting is the thing that will save your soul. Sometimes we have to become broken enough to discover we are strong enough to quit. Sometimes the healthiest thing you can do is quit. They never quit, and instead their spirit slowly dies. They never quit because they have lost all sense of self and what is right and wrong and how they deserve to be treated. They never quit because they don’t want to be perceived as a quitter, and they’ve developed a distorted sense of loyalty and commitment. And then there are the people who never quit and stay long past the point of healthy dedication and perseverance. I think most people fall into one of two camps- There are those that quit everything and never push through the difficulty of hard work, uncertainty, and disappointment. I’m thankful I am working on quitting worrying about what people think of me. I’m thankful I quit being angry with certain people. I’m thankful I quit wrestling with certain decisions and took action. I’m thankful I quit being afraid to leave my comfort zone and started taking leaps of faith. I’m thankful I quit teaching so I could pursue a career in counseling. I’m thankful I quit music so I could pursue teaching. I’m thankful I quit blaming myself for things that weren’t my responsibility. I’m thankful I quit certain toxic relationships. We run from these labels as if they were ghosts chasing us in a dark forest.īut you know, as I think about all the things I have quit in my life, I have to say I’m pretty thankful that sometimes I’m a quitter. Heaven forbid someone call you lazy, and you never, EVER want to be seen as a quitter. We think of the word quit as one of the worst four letter words out there. I thought for a few more moments and decided yep I’m a quitter and I am totally okay with it. A life of always giving up ends up not being much of a life.īut this time when I read this quote, I didn’t think Yeah charge the mountain, fight the good fight. Instead, I thought… Never Give Up. Those statements are indeed inspiring and encouraging. I am in no way an athlete, but sports movies and documentaries move me to chills and tears.)Īfter I came to from my movie montage daydream, I thought about how often we hear statements like that. Hockey team doing that skating drill over and over in Miracle flashed through my mind. Immediately I heard Eye of the Tiger in my mind and images of Rocky and football teams practicing in the rain and the U.S. Recently, I was scrolling through my News Feed and saw one that said quitting is never an option. If you follow me on Facebook, you know that I love those pictures with quotes on them. ![]()
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