1. 9 Things to Think About Before You Give Up
If you feel like you’re at the end the road with nowhere to go,
realize you are lying to yourself. You have imprisoned yourself in
your own mind by telling self-defeating stories – stories about what
your life should be like, what you should have already
accomplished, and so forth. By doing this you’ve created a tiny
space in your mind and you’ve begun to believe you are actually
living in it.
But you are NOT. You are alive in a vast world with infinite
destinations. Take a moment to remind yourself of this. Go
outside. Look at the sky and the clouds. THIS is the space in which
you really live. Breathe it in. Then look at your current situation
again.
Here are some things you need to consider before you give up:

2. 1. You never fail until you’re satisfied with failure. – Failure is not
falling down; failure is staying down when you have the choice
to get back up. Sometimes you have to fail a thousand times
to succeed. Which means you haven’t really failed yet; you’ve
just found a bunch of ways that don’t work. So don’t get so
hung up on a few failed attempts that you miss every new
opportunity coming your way. All of your ideas that don’t
work are simply stepping stones on your way to the one idea
that does. As Winston Churchill once said, “Success is not final,
failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Read Awaken the Giant Within.

3. 2. What you have learned is what’s important. – Life always offers
you a second chance – it’s called tomorrow. But this second
chance doesn’t mean anything if you haven’t learned from the
events of today. You have to acknowledge your troubles but
gather strength from them, and laugh at your mistakes but learn
from them. Getting a second chance in life is about giving
yourself the opportunity to grow beyond your past failures. It’s
about learning as you go and positively adjusting your attitude
and efforts toward future possibilities.

4. 3. Tough times are just part of life’s natural balance. – Life lives, life
dies. Life laughs, life cries. Life gives up and life tries. And life
looks different through everyone’s eyes. In fact, who you were,
who you are, and who you will become are three completely
different people. And as you gradually grow beyond the person
you were yesterday, keep life’s challenges in perspective. Hear
life’s harmony, and notice the delicate balance. Realize that life
is like playing a grand piano. The white keys create your
happiness and the black keys denote your troubles. But as you
go through life’s journey, remember that the black keys also
create music.

5. 4. Pain helps you grow. – Sometimes things must change so you can
change. Sometimes you must break a little so you can get a peek
inside to see what an awesome powerhouse you are. Sometimes
mistakes must be made so wisdom can be earned. Sometimes
you must overcome heartache so you can begin to follow your
heart again.

6. 5. Success is a way of living. – Don’t let your struggles become your
identity. Not everything in your life will go as you expect it to.
This is why you need to drop expectations, live in the present,
and go with the flow, rather than against it. Remind yourself
that it’s perfectly okay not to be perfect. Ultimately, success is
not something you achieve, it is what you learn and how you
grow as you deal with the realities of life – it is a way of living
and being. Read As a Man Thinketh.

7. 6. You can choose differently. – The difference between a mountain
and a molehill is your perspective. And in many cases, the only
thing in life you have control over is your perspective. No matter
what happens, YOU control what the meaning is, and what to do
with the meaning you give to the circumstance. Choose to react
in a way that motivates happiness, love, or forgiveness, even
when circumstances make that choice difficult.

8. 7. It’s not supposed to be easy. – Just because you’re not where
you want to be today doesn’t mean you won’t be there
someday. Again, success is tied to long-term determination.
Successful people keep moving and trying. They make mistakes,
but they do not quit. If things in your life aren’t happening as
planned right now, that’s okay. It just means it’s not the right
time. Life’s brick walls are not there to keep you out, they’re
there to give you a chance to show how badly you want
something. They’re there to stop the people who don’t want it
as bad as you do.

9. 8. Simplify, simplify, simplify. – Like all magnificent things, life is
quite simple. Its simplicity is found not in seeing how little you
can get by with – that’s poverty – but how efficiently you can
conquer your biggest difficulties. Remember, the greatest
wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. Your
most significant ideas and accomplishments will be genius in
their simplicity. One day you will find the right words, the right
decisions, and the right solutions that will lead you to victory,
and they will be far simpler than they seem right now. Read The
Power of Less.

10. 9. Life is still good. – You may have seen better days, but you have
also seen worse. You might not have all your wants, but you do
have all your needs. You woke up with a few aches and pains,
but you woke up. Your life may not be perfect, but it is good.
And more good things are coming down the road as long as you
keep moving forward.

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