The Courage To Quit
By bluepanjeet on May 27, 2006 in Uncategorized
A very good friend (which I have not seen for a long time now) told me today via SMS that he quit his studies. A mixed result of flunking grades and a lack of motivation to go on with life that held him back from moving to the next level of his scholastic endeavor. Of course, I felt bad upon hearing it because I witnessed how he really straightened his life after so many falls in his past years. He has the potential to change. He has been an example of what my mentor in the seminary told me that Man has the capacity to make a difference when guided and motivated what is true!
When I first met him, I saw in his eyes that he was so tired with life. He was so exhausted in struggling to live that he would give anything just to have meaning in living. But then again, He was a fighter; he fought every time he felt that he have to fight back. I was a witness to his change and regression, his triumphs and his falls. But he is a good man, contradictory to what others might think of him. And his closest friends can attest, that behind those iron clad fist is a gentle meek sheep.
He gave himself a second chance which I know he deserve to have. But then again, with his personality like mine (a mirror image of my tantrums and impulsiveness), any permanent status, no matter how strong its foundation is, would prove futile when it comes to a crucial decision to “QUIT�. Even without the details, I know why he quitted his studies. And I understand… I have gone through the same dilemma before when I was in my academic years.
I happen to relate. Because I’m a quitter myself… did I ever told you that? I happen to quit so many times in so many instances in my life that I never fully got what I really wanted. Some people would call it cowardice… I respect that. But oftentimes, God is showing us that to quit is not the end zone of it all. Actually, it is the bravest thing that a man could ever do. You are marching on in something you do not even know and do not even have.
I happen to quit whenever I sense that God is telling me “it is enough�. In retrospect, the instances where I quit were the ones that boxed me in a dead end situation… a win-lose kind of a game. I always get depressed when I quit, especially when I like what I have been doing. But it’s just the way nature “slash� fate tells me, that I’m ready for the next stage of my life. And often times when I quit, the Lord shows me new opportunities.
You see, in our social standards, to quit is always equated with negativism. Society never accepted quitting as a commendable attitude, especially when pride is at stake. But not all “Quitting� is bad for the soul!
Would you not quit when, terrible leadership in an administration compromises your principles?
Would you not quit when instead of growth, regression sinks in?
Would you not quit when health and life is at stake?
Would you not quit when everything you are doing has no more meaning but an empty void?
Sometimes “to Quit� helps a person to move on with life. We have to halt when our feet does not anymore know where to go to. We have to stop when anger and frustration reigns instead of tranquility and satisfaction. We have to pull the plug when dirty habits begin to eat us alive. And we have to cut short our efforts when everything we do is meaningless…
I cannot blame anyone who wanted to quit. Life is not always a beginning… it sometimes have to end to start anew. Everyone is entitled to quit… but just a morsel of advice… make it sure that you really quit because you “have to� and not because “you wanted to�. But whatever is your reason, there is always someone up there who understands. He gives us everyday of our life to start all over again. No one in this world lived his life without a single instance of quitting… because if there is one person that hasn’t, God would never give us the idea to “QUIT�!
Keep well and God Bless!
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