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NEVER GIVE UP

Ever felt like giving up in this life? Throwing up your hands in the air in despair, as you wonder whether it was ever worth it to live. In man's life he is always faced with situations and circumstances that challenge his progress.

These challenges question his commitment to his chosen course. They make him consider whether his pursuit is worth pursuing or not. They lead him to ponder whether the course is just, right or whether he has sufficient resources and wisdom at his disposal to make it.

Are you tempted to give up on your marriage, job, children, etc? We all reach the middle of the road and are confronted with either left or rightletting go or still holding on. And many times we stay in the middle because we are afraid of either side. Staying in the middle can lead to atrophy and oblivion. So it's either good to choose any side and be wrong than never choosing at all. Because even when you find that you made the wrong choice you can learn from your mistakes.

So how do you make the decision of whether to hold on or let go. To be on the left or right side? This is rather a difficult question. When faced with the challenge of letting go or otherwise this is what you may do.
1. When you don't know what you can do about the situationDo nothing! Sometimes any action may make matters worse than you anticipated.
2. Weigh all options. Ask yourself what the problem is. Sometimes we're scared to face our problemsbut once we face them the fear will go. The problem is half-way solved when you know what it is.
3. Find out from your friends, books or any religious book whether there's someone who has had a similar problem.
4. Find out what they did and the steps they took as they solved the problem.
5. Have as many options as possible and choose the one that is within your resources and favorable to your unique abilities and personality. Because each one of us has unique ways of solving their problems.
6. In the midst of this eat well, dress well and invest in the development of your personality and you will have better ways and unusual strength to combat anything you may face.

Simply by going through the above steps despair will vanish. And your steps will get firmer and more decisive as you pursue your course in life.

Are you contemplating quitting your job, marriage or anything else? Know exactly what the problem in that relationship is; come up with as many options as possible to solve that problem. But if you patiently effect or implement all these options and they don't work then, its, time to move on or to make the other choice.

Whether you choose not to let go or to let go is a choice only you can make. Sooner or later you will be faced with this challenge. But first know what the problem is, find out how you can solve it and finally expose yourself to as many solutions or ways of the solving the problem as possible. In the process light will enter into the situation and the darkness will vanish.

Finally, one quality that will keep you going is patience don't easily abandon a course without proper and thorough scrutiny. After you are convinced that you have reached a dead end in that course then its time to move on. But you shouldn't run away from relationships in a hurry unless it is very crucial for you to do so.

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