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Choosing to quit or to keep going

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 There are those that we try to keep at arms length in life. 
 And others in life, we defend.
 We learn to stick with those we trust.
 We learn to keep going strong.
 But even with perseverance…
 we may lose focus. The opportunity may be missed. The dream may fall.
 We can see it. But it’s too late. It’s gone. 
 And it is there, you are faced with the decision: quit or keep going. You could quit. Walk away and never look back at what might have been. 

 Or you can pull yourself up, often aching and hurting, to choose to keep going.

Getting back up is often not the easiest of choices. But often we are stronger. And often there is a greater purpose for us in our future that we cannot see unless we keep going.

Not everyone has the choice to keep going. As Billy Ray Cyrus coined, “All gave some and some gave all…”

But for those of us that do have the abilities and freedoms to keep going, we are given second chances again and again.

 Sometimes to keep going it takes some new scenery and a whole new ball game.

 But you can stand tall. Hold your head high.

To keep going, it won’t always be pretty but it will get you to where you need to be, to do the next thing, to keep going.

 And once again you’ll be sticking to those that you trust, going strong, defending and…

will be back on top, all because you chose to not quit but instead to keep going. 
Our teenager will probably be embarrassed to know how many life lessons I am reminded of while watching him play sports. But in 48 hours this past weekend, I was reminded we can all get knocked down from time to time but it is our choice to keep going. My mom has told me this 100x (okay maybe more like 467x?) in life. But even as an adult, mother of three, wife of one, I have to be reminded. 
Sixteen pictures with life lessons in them don’t tell the stories sports fans want to hear. Hunter played 5 basketball tournament games this weekend in the big city, far away city of Minneapolis. I went with him while Nathan stayed home to camp in treacherous weather with the girls and his parents. Hunter’s team won and they lost, learning a lot in between some tough games. They placed fourth as a 8th grade team getting beat out by tougher, bigger, stronger 9th grade teams. We drove home late Sunday for 15 hours of family time while camping and then summer baseball season kicked off with Hunter’s first ever Legion baseball exhibition double header. We won the first game and lost the second but either way, it was a jammed packed weekend full of fun. 
On another note, I am not sure anyone other than me has noticed but I am blogging less this year. You don’t hear from me as often. I don’t comment on blogs like I used to. I don’t get to read as many blogs as I used to. Hang with me as we are living life offline to the fullest and I am learning to balance a new chapter of life with it all. It’s a chapter as you can see that is teaching me lessons from the bleachers, from behind the lens and makes me want to freeze time for just a moment. But I cannot. So instead, I try to do the best I can each day…and simply choose keep going. And while I have written this blog post, I have quit on the laundry which surrounds me on the bed. Therefore, I must…keep going now…on laundry because you know, it never quits.

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  1. TexWisGirl says

    i’ve noticed your visits have been fewer and further between. but i know how incredibly busy you are, too. and glad you are ‘present’ in your life. 🙂

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  5. Michelle says

    Better to be present in your daily life! I usually comment/work on my blog later at night when the kids are winding down from the day! I totally understand.

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