"Winners never quit and quitters never win."Yes, yes, I know you've heard that line million times already.
If you think life is a battle, well, then, "maybe" you are on the right path if you think that quitting is synonymous with losing.
But let me tell you something...
Life is not a battle. It is not a game. Here is my take on that matter. In a game (or a battle), there is always a winner and a loser. Very seldom are "draws." But such is not in life. We all know that we could all be winners in this life. We have the every right and the capacity to be winners. People who believe otherwise either do not believe in God or believe that God is biased - favoring some over the others.
Life is not always about taking chances but rather making choices. It is not always the survival of the strongest but that of the fittest. Those who survive are not necessarily the strongest, most of the times it is the one who knows how to adapt well.
Life is a about making decisions. Lots of it. You don't have to be the strongest, you only need to know where to put your strengths.
If your circumstances seems unfavorable, does it mean you have to end up the loser? Of course not. So what you do is turn things around. And more often than not, what seemed unfavorable will eventually turned to become a happy ending. Would you say because you have been more favored or stronger or smarter that you've succeeded? Do you mean that others are less favored, weaker and dumb? Then you are showing impartiality and for me, it doesn't make sense celebrating in such kind of success or victory in life.
As you can see my friend, life is an adventure of ups and downs. Success and failures. But at the end of it all, it is not what we went through but what we learned that truly matters. There are things that are simply inevitable, and there are things we should rather accept than fight.
Not because you have been doing, enjoying or getting things your way for the longest time it means that that could not end. No matter how great things maybe, there will always be a certain point in time where it will have to end, or less painful, change. And more often than not, it is really difficult to let go of things you've learned to love - things that became part of yourself.
But do not despair. What may seemed to be an end could only be the start of a new beginning. So when life is pushing you very, very hard and you've done your very best, but still things are going the opposite way, think again. Maybe the perfect thing for you is to simply "throw in the towel." Yes, there's nothing wrong with quitting. Let me repeat that, there's nothing wrong with quitting. What's wrong is to keep on doing things that doesn't make sense anymore. Addictions to material things, procrastination, lack of discipline and the likes, these are things worth giving up. Continuous self-pity and self-hatred should not linger for too long. Surrender these things. It is better to give up than to give in.
I don't want to sound like a preacher here because I'm not. I know you know that deep within you there are things worth surrendering, worth giving up. Don't try to fight it on your own. You don't have to prove how strong you are. God knows how much capable you are to conquer every trials you are facing. He created you. And as much as He know how able you are, He simply wants you to realize that like opening a treasure chest, you have to find the perfect key. And that key could only be found in Him - when you surrender to Him.
Friends, if you dare accept to give up these things, you should know to whom you should surrender. Surrender only to the One who can make you even more victories - God.
So, what are those things that you think you really have to let go? Lift them up to God. Surrender to Him and be even more victorious. It is time to lighten your loads, BE MORE and Life the Good Life.
