Starting over can be cleansing. Like taking a shower, it can wash away mistakes from the past and bring a new perspective. But often times, when we think of starting over, it’s the scary kind. It’s the unknown. Can I do this? Can I make this work? Can I change? And then there’s all of the “what if’s” after that.
Even through all of the doubts, and questions, we inevitably change. We look back one day and realize it wasn’t such a big leap. And for a moment, we are proud. Proud of accomplishing something that at one point we thought was so far-fetched it haunted us.
But that pride won’t last too long. There will always be another change on the horizon. We don’t stop changing. We’re in a constant state of evolution. Sort of like Madonna. So, since we’re stuck on this cyclical path of change, we might as well enjoy the ride.
Let every doubt and every fear fuel the fire that lights your path. Use every “can I?” and turn it into an “I will” because we already know the outcome. We will get through it. It might not be pretty, and it might not be how we thought it would be at the end, but we will preserve. It’s a human trait, perseverance. The circumstances are often different but the end product is the same.
I always think of my mother when I think about perseverance. We were talking about what it was like when she was raising my sister and I one day. I’ll never forget when she said, “I don’t know how we were able to afford food and diapers or even the hospital bills after you were born. We just did.”
Perseverance is something I greatly admire about most people. I think it’s what gives you character. You can be knocked down 99 times but it takes true strength to stand on the 100th time.
“I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”- John D. Rockefeller
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