Don't Quit! You're There!

It happens far more often then we realize. We've put in the work, we've over come setbacks and challenges, and then, just before we start to see the fruits of our labor, we just give up. We quit just when we were about to succeed. I guess that we can take some comfort from the fact that we didn't know how close we were to getting what we wanted. We generally don't have to live with the disappointment of knowing that the door to our success was just about to open when we stopped knocking.

First of all, it really is true that it is always darkest before the dawn. Have you ever been outside in the hours just before sunrise? It's pitch black. Unless you're wearing a watch, you won't know that in a very short time the glow of dawn will start breaking through the darkness. The same is true for success.

In that moment you're blind. You have no way of knowing how close you are to getting what you want. You have no way of knowing whether everything you've been working for will show up tomorrow or at all. Is it worth it to continue? In some ways you can't really know. There's no sign up in the sky telling you how close you are to what you want? Although life would be far easier if there were.

Don't Quit! You're There!