The Will

Sometimes....hold on...correction....most of the time, we are our own worse enemies. How many times have you wanted to try something fun or strive for a higher level in life and you were convinced not to do so without anyone else saying a word to you? How many times have you called yourself a failure when everyone else around you has told you repeatedly that your mistake was not a big deal? If you are like me, this may have happened more times than you could count.


But let me share a little secret to this self-doubt that you may already know - if something is valuable and highly desired, you should NEVER give up. Of all the countless advice my grandma ever shared with me, one of them in particular probably shaped the man I am more than anything else. Her advice is simply "Give out but never give up". To me, what this means is in this life you can expect to fall down several times. No one on God's green earth is exempt from it. But the thing that ultimately separates the winners from the losers is the will to get back up each time until getting up either is impossible, no longer aligns with other goals, or completely becomes destructive to oneself. Will you let fairness and misfortune direct your life or will you keep standing up and achieve greatness?

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