Giving up

I had the pleasure of reading a story by an 8yr old this weekend. It was a pretty mature story. It also had a great message.

It went a little like this…

A woman wanted to buy flowers, she even went to the store to get them. She had no money and despite begging, the store owner refused to give her flowers.

She then went on to try to get work, so she could get money for flowers. Once again she was rebuffed. No job, no flowers. She tried everything.

Finally, she gave up. The next day she went to the mailbox and found a winning lottery ticket. She went and bought her flowers.

This was a pretty good story for me to read. I actually like something about myself and that is the fact I rarely if ever give up.

I think sometimes though, you need to give up. Let go. You can’t make something work by yourself. You can only accept so much responsibility and change so much. Eventually you need help, someone that believes in you and wants the same things you do. This could be a Business partner, teammate, friend, or partner in life.

If you look around and you are the only one trying, and you constantly feel empty it’s time to let it go. That’s not to say it may never happen but in all likelihood you’ll just be frustrated, hurt, and defeated.

Let it go. Give up.

Some say leave it to fate, for me it’s God. I found myself yelling at God this week. Everything seemed to be falling apart. Everywhere I turned was a mess. Rejection. Bad news. I wasn’t too rude, I just questioned the joys of following him.

Today I forced myself to go to church. Alone as always. It was perfect. It was my lottery ticket. I felt joy, peace and total acceptance of the things that had happened to me.

Once again I was looking for happiness in the wrong places. I needed to once again give up (myself) to be happy.

If you read this far thank you,

Tris.