You Don't Get to Quit Now

You Don’t Get to Quit Now

Written by Lisa Whiteman

After years of navigating life if you turned around and looked behind you, you would not see a perfect line with flowers flourishing and green grass sprouting.  You will see curves and hills, dark spots, low points, peaks and valleys, rough patches, and high points, with plenty of forks in the road.  You see this is life, ebbs and flows, ups and downs with everything ever changing, except for one key player.  You.  You were there through every moment and you were the one steadfast and true person in your own life.  In the low points it was you that carried on.  It was you that got yourself out of bed and the kids dressed and fed.  It was you that put in the eight hours at work while suffering at home.  It was you that got the bills paid and it was you that stocked the fridge with food.  It was you that hid the hurt and swallowed the pain so you could manage another day.  It was you that put the gas in the car.  It was you that healed the pain.  It was you that read the bedtime stories.  It was you that protected the part of you that needed someone.  It was you that carried on while no one even knew what you were going through.  You were what you needed in those times, good and bad.  You are the strength, you are the reliability, you are the reason you are still here.  You are the most important person in your own life and everything you will ever need.  So you don’t get to quit becoming the best version of yourself you have ever seen.  You don’t get to quit now.