Nothing Happens If You Just Give In

For the ones who feel like they can’t keep fighting.

Photo by Valya Polishchuk on Unsplash

But all I know is nothing happens if you just give in
It can’t be any worse than how it’s been
And it just so happens that we just might win
So whatever happens, let’s begin — Watch What Happens, Newsies.

Life is hard sometimes. The Universe throws you curveballs at unexpected moments, you work hard and don’t see results, and things end up going the complete opposite way than you thought they would.

It’s moments like those that make us want to give up and give in — but giving up is so easy. When you quit, you can get away with doing anything.

You can throw a self-pity party and get drunk off of Excuses, and you can let Excuses flow into your bloodstream and shut off parts of your brain that force you to lay in bed for two weeks and prohibit you from trying again for as long as you let it.

Quitting is a chance to avoid getting hurt ever again. Wouldn’t we be fools not to take it?

But what’s the point in giving up?

Nothing happens if you just give in.

You could argue that nothing’s happening even though you try, but eventually, something has to happen. It might be tomorrow, three months from now, or…