Resist the Urge to Quit

I’m in the process of starting a new project. This project is near and dear to my heart, and it is something that I have been thinking about doing for about 7 years. I’ve somehow gathered the intestinal fortitude to get myself together and take this giant leap of faith to begin my new project. As I got started, everything went wrong. People that originally supported my project no longer did. I really didn’t have excess money to invest in a new project. All the sacrifices that I made to start this thing started to be in vain. My life almost started to go on without it, and for a moment- that was okay.

It wasn’t really okay; I just told myself that it was, because eventually, I would get to it. When does eventually happen? When will the day to day stress subside? When will I come home from work and not be so tired that I want to scream? I don’t have energy to watch TV, let alone focus on my dream. The problem for me became when I began to look in the mirror, I was so frustrated with myself that I hadn’t even tried. I let excuses get in the way. I had put my dream on the back-burner. I was denying myself the right to live.

The truth is- rarely do circumstances allow you to chase your dream. You have to chase it spite of circumstances. It takes faith. Faith is not about what you see physically, it’s about having a vision, working that vision, and believing God for the rest. People may leave you. Friends may not understand. Your family may think you are crazy. I have experienced all of that. But, my dream is more important to me than any of that.

We all have something that we were put on this planet to do. Go do it. Now! Live your dream. Go work that thing. And let nothing stand in the way of it. Resist the urge to quit when all hell breaks loose. Adversity is a tool that can make you stronger. And you will never know what you are made of if you never endure hardships. I’m done quitting on my dream. I hope you are too.