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 |   The simplicity of my day to day. |
Prompt: Never giving up? "If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds." Jesse Jackson What do you think this quote means? Is it a good idea to never give up on something, someone, or some project that seems like a dead-end? Do you give up easily or are you the kind of person Jesse Jackson was talking about? I think I’m the sort of person who enjoys learning something new but never really masters it. The only thing I’ve ever really done which has kept my interest is writing. I’ve improved over the years so it proved to me that writing is the same as any other endeavour - it takes practice. There are somethings which are hard but one knows you can’t give up on no matter how hard it gets. Being a parent is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I’m sure we’ve all began a diet and given up, I know I have. I used to smoke, but that was over forty years ago. Now I can tell you, giving up smoking was difficult but it was the best thing I’ve ever done for my health and wellbeing. I don’t like to think I’m a quitter. I know I can be dogmatic and refuse to let something beat me when someone tells me I can’t do it. I remember a time when I was much younger and fitter, my husband had built a fishpond and a fountain in the centre of a small courtyard. I thought it was much too big for its position and asked him to move it. But he loved it and had spent many hours in building it. The more I asked the more he refused until one day he told me, ‘If you want it moved, then you can do it on your own!’ So when he was at work one day I did just that. It took me all day to smash the fountain, remove the fish, empty the pond and using a wheelbarrow shift all the sand, cement, and bricks into the garden trailer. My husband was astounded when he returned. |
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