Stop! But Don't Give Up

Life is like a running marathon. An endless marathon that some of us just choose to take it slow, a walkathon perhaps? I don't even know if the word walkathon exist. Maybe, yes. Or maybe it is just an informal name invented by someone. Knowing our modern world, there are many words that were created but were never acknowledge in any dictionaries.

Setting aside, let's tackle down my title, "Stop but don't give up". A little complicated phrase. But isn't giving up is already a synonym of stop? Literally yes it is. But understanding deeper, I only wanted to say is that, you can stop for a while before you continue. Stop and rest, gather your strength up, then go on.

Life is tiresome that we also need to take a rest for while and regain our lost power. Just like any electronic gadgets that we are using. We also need to power up our drained energy. So, stop but don't give up.

If we are too exhausted from dealing life's crisis, it is okay to stop, lie down, and rest. Cry, laugh, ask. Cry to release your emotional baggage. Laugh off your clumsiness, there's no point on crying over your wasted time. Ask for help when you know you need to. Set aside the pride that most of us have and stoping us from grabbing a helping hand.

When you sense that you are almost drained but you still can not figure your way out, just stop and let it rest. But don't give it up. Just put it aside for a meantime and start to do things that you know would help you regain your will and motivation. Don't let your self stuck on that situation where you know you won't be able to figure how to finish it soon. Instead think of something new or work out on another thing that you needed to solve too.

Life is like a box of countless puzzle sets. If we can not solve the current puzzle, get another one and solve it first. It is because sometimes when our mind is too busy solving the next problem, a possible solution to the former one that we set aside will just pop out. Who knows it might work on you. So stop but don't give up.

When life is too cruel to us, we most likely just stop and give up, true right? But if we stop and just give it up how can we continue to our next step? Sure does that when reaching our goal, we should take every step right, no matter how difficult it is. Because having our goals succeed is not easy as enumerating the alphabet. Everything has a step to follow. So, when you stop and give up you won't be able to take your next step. Thus when you stop but don't give you still have a chance to make your next step.

We have all the chances in life, it is just that making a decision for the next step is too hard. But if we really look at it, it isn't that hard to decide. What's making it hard is the consequences and possibilities that lies ahead if we stop. But what's to fear to stop if we knew that we won't give up? It is just that we stop for a while and rest. Life isn't a race. There is no rule that you can not stop midway and rest. Take your time, find some time to rest before you continue your battle on your life journey. Stop but don't give up.

Will you choose to stop and just give up? Or will you stop to rest and continue once you power up your courage and motivation?

Life is our lifelong adventure that we need to wander. Sure does for most of us life is not easy. But we always have an unlimited choices and options. It is up to us to choose wether we give up or not.

But if we really give up, how will we answer our what ifs? How will we able to handle our regrets. Regrets is one of the consequences that comes after giving up. Followed by what ifs and I wish I just; i wish had; I wish did this and that. These thoughts are just some of thousand possibilities that we may think if we lost our courage and just stop and give up.

So, whatever life may lead you, stop and rest when you are drained and exhausted. Gather your strength, power up yourself, and charge ahead. Life may be tough but it is our greatest teacher of all. It gives us multiple experience and unforgettable lessons.

Don't just give up on yourself and on your dreams. You can stop, but don't give up.