Giving Up

Some days we seem to end the day at the end of our ropes.  Some days we seem to start the day feeling worn out and ready to just quit....ready to give up.  Some days we feel like there is just too much responsibility, to many demands, to many hands wanting, taking, expecting, grabbing everything they can.  Some days we just wonder what happened to my world, to my peace and tranquility, to my joy, to ME. 

So, we get up and relax with a good cup of coffee and ponder the feelings, the demands, the way the road of life has turned.  We look at where we are and where we want to be and what it will take to find that warm meadow, that slow running stream, that cool breeze with a fragrance of wild daisies, that place of peace and tranquility, that place of joy.

The feeling of giving up doesn't come too often but when it does it can devastate every part of who we are.  We feel the physical pain, the emotional pain, the spiritual pain, the pain that seems to overwhelm us, smother us, defeat us.  Most of the time we know that tomorrow will be a better day but sometimes tomorrow seems to be even worse.  So... we sit with a good cup of coffee, we pray, we ponder and we realize this too will pass..... silently wondering if it really will.  We try to focus on what's good in our lives and then wonder where all the good went.  We start to feel that enough is enough.  We look at the world around us and see so much devastation, so much loss of life, so much pain and suffering and we are supposed to think that we have it made, that we are the lucky ones but the pain we feel is just as real as those who have suffered devastating acts of nature, devastating acts of war and violence.

The Journey of Life is filled with the good and the bad, the love and the hate, the giving and the selfish, the joy and the pain.  It's a process of realizing and accepting that all of this is part of that journey.  We try to keep focused on the joy, we try to let go of the pain, we try to find our a place of peace with ourselves and our God.  When the days come that we really just want to give up, we sit with a good cup of coffee, we try to find our place of peace, we look for our Strength in God to carry us through, we look for that inner strength that makes us who we are, that makes up our character.  We take each day, each moment, each step and realize that even though it seems we're going through this alone.....we're not.  We learn to take control of our lives and not let those around us dictate who are or what we are.  We choose one more day.....

Not To Give Up.........