The Only Guarantee is This: If You Quit, it Won’t Happen

At some point in life, you’re going to want to quit.

The road will seem too long, the mountain too steep, or the circumstance insurmountable.

It doesn’t mean you’re weak-willed or lack resolve. I think it’s more about the trial and the duration of the journey. It wears you out. Mentally. Physically.

Speaking from a writer’s perspective, I know that if I quit now, the only guarantee is this: If I quit, it won’t happen. “It” being the career I’ve worked so hard to refine.

Your “it” may be something entirely different.

Maybe it’s that promotion you’ve hoped to attain. A goal you’ve struggled to reach. That secret desire you’ve clung to for fear of reprisal.

Whatever vice that holds your heart captive, ask yourself this question:

What/who will it benefit if I quit?

And then when you answer that, think about this:

How?

Are your feelings real or imagined?

There’s no doubt, giving in is sometimes the easier alternative. (Certainly, if your “it” is something unhealthy or if it affects others in a negative way, by all means, that’s cause enough to quit whatever it is you’re doing.)

I’m talking more about those times when self-recrimination, exhaustion, and those monsters in the closet prompt quit, quit, quit.

Sound familiar?

For years, I tucked away my writing dream. One of our children was very ill at the time. The decision to place my writing on hold really wasn’t so much my choice as it was a given. A life or death trek in the wilderness trumped a writing career.

A decade later when I began pounding the keyboard again, so much had changed.

Besides the actual writing there was blogging.

Facebook.

Pinterest.

Dozens of social media venues to focus my attention on.

I wanted to quit.

There.

I said it.

My secret’s out.

I was older.

It was harder.

My skills had suffered.

I wanted to quit. But I didn’t. And I haven’t.

I’m stubborn like that.

I may have a Pollyanna heart with a dash of Cinderella thinking, but I have a tenacious spirit and a miracle mindset.

I know my supernatural God is working on my behalf. I can relinquish the control I think I have where my writing career’s concerned and concentrate on doing the part that’s required–persevere.

You can, too.

Because if you quit, you may feel better temporarily.

But remember–if you quit, your it won’t happen.

That’s a guarantee.

So… take a break if you need to. Give yourself permission to step away for a time.

Do something fun!

Then…

Begin.

Again.

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Have you ever wanted to quit?

What proactive measures did you take?

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*I’m working on various projects so I’m taking a blogging break on Friday. See you back Monday!

Blessings Always,