I'm done with midterms! But that just means I'm in the middle of the semester. The middle of Lent. And I got to thinking how sometimes when we're in the middle of anything (be it a relationship, a class, a challenge, anything) and that light at the end of the tunnel still seems a long way off... most of the time it's a lot easier to just give up. The quit-while-you're-ahead attitude. I've been guilty of that mindset myself. But I don't buy it anymore. I've come to believe that the things that are the most difficult, the most painful, or the most frightening- well, they're usually the most worthwhile. In the wise words of my Uncle Frank, "When the going gets easy, you're probably going downhill." Challenge is a part of life. It's what causes us to either better ourselves, or settle for a "less-than" life. I don't think it's worth wasting a minute of your time being complacent. So my message to you, in this middle that we're in, is to keep on. Persevere. I'm willing to bet that you'll be glad you did.
or has a story about the first one
Who taught 'em how to hurt
Led their hopes astray
When it's gone on quite enough
And you're sick of staying down
I know what you need
You gotta live it like it sounds
When you lose what you love, live on live on
When the road gets too rough, be strong be strong
When you can't understand, but you're starting to see, it'll work in the end
You just got to believe, keep on keep on
I had my ideas, my plans so cut and dry
I wouldn't settle for a thing, yeah
You can forget all compromise
But I was tackled like a wave
And stomped on like the ground
One's who'd never change
Were slowly turning round...
Yeah you can take it from me,
there's so much you can be,
and it's all gonna change whether it's you or them or me.
When you lose what you love, live on live on
When the road gets too rough, just be strong be strong
And when you can't understand, but you're starting to see, it'll work in the end
You just got to believe, keep on keep on
Keep on.
Tyler Hilton
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