This is a combination of two old blogs that I posted awhile ago.They kind of go together.I think a lot of us are feeling like this now days and ....well...maybe this might help you keep moving forwards.At least I hope it does.
Paddling On
I'm lost and all alone
Adrift on a barren sea
No landmarks to point the way
Trying to live...
Trying to survive each day
Time seeming to stand still
Paddling...paddling
But not seeming to make any progress
Everything today
Much the same as it was
Yesterday
Frustration,desperation and depression
Setting In
Here I am
Willing to do anything
Wanting to do something
But not sure
What else to do
But paddle....paddle
Hopefully getting closer
Hopefully making things better
But not knowing for sure
Everything seems to stay the same
Nothing seeming to change
And yet all I can do
Is keep paddling...paddling
Trying to
Survive
By Bruce © June 2005
When you feel like giving up
When you feel like giving up, it's a very good sign that you're truly making progress. So by all means keep going.
Eventually you're going to reach the point where just one more attempt, one more effort will bring real success. What a shame it would be to give up just as you reached that point.
You do not know what the next effort will bring because the future is not based on the past. That feeling of wanting to give up is based solely on the past, which really doesn't matter any more. What matters now is where you're headed, not where you've been. And when you view it from that perspective, giving up is simply not an option.
Success is always achieved after one last effort. You're working your way toward that point, and you may very well already be there, ready to make that very effort.
So keep going, keep making the effort, no matter what has happened before. Somewhere up ahead is that one more effort, the one that will take you all the way to where you want to be.
Ralph Marston
