When we are focused on our own journeys, we often don’t realize that some people are watching us, silently cheering us on. We all love the underdog story and watching people overcome obstacles to reach their dreams. Their stories inspire us to make our dreams a reality, too.
I’ve written extensively about failure and setbacks. In a post last year, I wrote about how we will never be motivated 100% of the time to keep going. What will carry us through those times is discipline and internalizing our why. In another post I talked about how failure is not falling down. It’s refusing to get back up. Be the one who gets up after falling down every single time. Show the people who are watching that it can be done.
When you feel like quitting, remember these things:
- Decide that no matter what happens you are not going to give up.
- Where there is a will, there is a way.
- Giving up on your goal because of one setback is like slashing your other three tires because you got a flat.
- Rejection is just redirection and experience.
- It is our journey that teaches us more than arriving at our destination.
- There’s a reason for closed doors, unanswered prayers and blocked roads. If your plans aren’t working out right now, it’s because there are better things waiting for you.
- You haven’t come this far, to only come this far.
- The moment you are ready to quit is usually right before a miracle happens.
- Even your worst days are only 24 hours long.
