04/15/2023
I don’t share a lot of personal stories or write things like this on here but I just felt like sharing this today. Everything has been so hard for me, and change hasn’t been forthcoming, and so I gave up, which is really hypocritical of me as someone who shares a lot of posts about going on and never giving up. To keep it real with you, I am telling you that it is ok to give up. At some point everything gets tiring, when change is not forthcoming it is natural to feel unmotivated and to just stop, which is what I did, hence my pause on this account, but what is not acceptable is giving in to defeat. I woke up this morning and I did a self check and the question I asked myself was “when will that change come if I’m just lying on my bed? What exactly am I doing right now that guarantees change?” I did give up, but I didn’t stay down, I stood up from my bed and promised myself to do whatever it takes. A quote by Mark A. Cooper said “Life has no remote, get up and change it yourself.” So what exactly is the purpose of my writing today? I just want to let everybody know its natural and it’s ok to fall, but what is not ok is staying down and not rising up. You have to do whatever it takes and make sure that change occurs. And remember “if the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.”