I was just talking to someone and I told them I was in school so I had to finish up some homework. This person says they were in school but they dropped out because it was too much work...
That, to me, is the worst excuse you can have for quitting. School is supposed to be a lot of work...YOU'RE THERE TO LEARN! What were you expecting?? If you have a dream, one that seriously resides in your heart and simply must be obtained, the road to it isn't going to be easy. If it is, you might be going after the wrong dream...marinate on that!
Example: Chris Gardner (Will Smith played him in the Pursuit of Happyness)...he pretty much went through hell to reach his goal. He was a single father, with just about no money. He dealt with setback after setback, but never gave up. He slept in a public restroom with his son simply because he was too stubborn to settle. Now, he's a self-made millionaire.
That's what it takes...you have to be stubborn in the face of adversity. If you give up every time things get tough, you'll never be successful (in terms of happiness) because you will always wonder: "What if I just held on for a little bit longer?" I've been there and I've vowed to never go there again. There are times now that I sit in my room and literally cry because life/school is hard but I have to keep going. It's the end result that pushes me just a little more. It's that vision that I get when I close my eyes. That feeling I get when I think about all that I've been through and where I know I'll end up. Ultimately, it's God. I make a lot of mistakes and I always will because I'm human, but the one thing that I know I can control, for the most part, is my destiny. That's one part of my life where I can't allow myself to disappoint God. So the end-all-be-all is this: if you have a dream, expect the journey to be hard, but work hard to never quit. Remember, it's at that moment where you feel you want to give up that God is making moves, so just hold on and keep going. If you can't keep going then move out of the way and let someone who will, move in and take your spot.
The devil can't win if you don't let him
Sincerely,
Kidd
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