6 April 2012

I still have yet to understand why we can go for so long without taking time to just breathe. We get so wound up in everyday activities that we will go until someone tells us that the end is upon us, that we're done...then we inevitably crash. I wonder if it's out of sheer determination that we are able to keep ourselves up and running for so long. It shows who's the strongest to continue to the ever changing finish line.

Sometimes, it seems like we're not able to continue forward...that we have given everything that we have and then there's nothing left to give. I don't think that this is ever the case. Unless we're taking our final breaths, we always give 100% if we truly care about it. There should never be a doubt in anyone's mind that way. At times, it may not seem like we try our hardest for something, but still there is the fear of losing and regret. I often find that I almost always give 100% or more in the things that I do. I don't want to have to look back and think about the "what if."

A little determination can go a long way if you really try. If you set your mind to something, anything is possible. It's overcoming the obstacles in the way between you and the finish that mess with your mind to think that you can't do something. In the end, we often don't remember all the things that we had to accomplish in order to get to where we are. We remember the things that helped to change us into the better person that we are today.