exercise is good for thinking...

So tonight I was on the track at school and I just had this thought-

We push and push ourselves, sometimes to the breaking point. But what happens when we reach that breaking point?

Some of us have fought cancer and won for a while, until it came back.  Some go through other battles.  Some fight depression and win.  But they get to a point where they feel like they're backsliding.  And others push themselves so hard with a physical injury and they end up injuring themselves worse.

These thoughts led to something else. What happens when we reach these points? When we think we've accomplished the world and then something else unexpected happens, what do we do?  Do we let our failures keep us down? And is it out of fear? Or is it out of defeat?

Are we so willing to let our fears and chances of defeat keep us down?  What does that say for the people around us? The people that look up to us as teachers, mentors, a family members?

It says that we are willing to give up. And they will learn to do the same. And I pray to God that my family members never find me giving up.

You see, about five years ago, I was one of those people who was willing to give into my fears and I tried to give in. I let my depression spiral out of control and I was afraid to ask for help. And it wasn't just fear, I was ashamed too. I was ashamed to ask for the help that I knew I needed.  And then I found out what the knowledge of what I was going through did to my sister.  I had to learn to live my life again, and not give up.

So I pray that when life knocks you down, that you take baby steps (if that's what it takes) and get back up.  Don't admit defeat and don't give in to fear