Never Quit.
Have you ever wanted something so bad, but it seemed to elude you?
You did your due diligence, you jumped through all the hoops, you ‘made all the marks,’ but still reaped no fruit.
You made all the proper connections, extended all the ‘correct’ overtures, you even extended “above-and-beyond-courtesies and kindnesses, all to no avail.
And then you decided to quit.
To give up.
Yes, you let go of what you most wanted because you thought ‘it’ wasn’t ‘meant to be.’
I so get it. I know that feeling very well.
It’s hard to stay the course, when doors of opportunity never seem to open.
I’ve often thought, “Let it go, Carol it’s not worth it.”
But sometimes it is worth the effort.
After 14-months of relentless persistence I was interviewed on WFSB, Channel 3, Better Connecticut on Tuesday.
Because I didn’t quit.
After 14-months of what seemed like a ‘closed door of opportunity,’ since all my outreach reaped zero interest, of course I felt I should just let the idea go.
Fourteen months of ‘valid excuses,’ ‘convincing reasons’ and ‘sound explanations’ for why ‘not now,’ was a long time to be told no.
But, I recently decided to express my interest again and the ‘win’ came in, the opportunity to be interviewed live on television.
Why did I persist?
Honestly, I don’t care about being on television as much as I don’t care about where you went to school, or what kind of house you live in.
What I do care about is, are you the 1 out of every 2 Americans who suffers with a chronic disease?
Are you the 1 out of every 4 Americans who suffers with 2 or more chronic diseases?
Will you be one of the 7 out of 10 who die from heart-disease or cancer?
Or, are you tracking to be one of these very high statistics?
And if you are one of these statistics, or tracking, I am mostly concerned with how this chronic disease is affecting who you think you are and how it impacts the quality of your life right now.
I experienced chronic disease. It impacted every area of my life and everything I thought about who I was, until I healed my body.
My commitment to share that you don’t have to live with chronic disease grew exponentially this past Tuesday – this is why I persisted.
That chronic disease is not normal, that chronic disease is not ‘genetically’ inevitable, that you can heal your body with lasting results, and that healing can make a profound impact on your whole sense of self and the whole quality of your life. This is why I persisted.
But with this post, my intention is to say, never quit.
Never let anyone take from you what you feel compelled to share.
In truth, if I did not persist, I would never have had the opportunity to reach and be of service to the very many who responded to my 4.5 minute clip on WFSB.
Never quit.
When we quit, when we suppress what we most want to do, when we hold back from sharing our unique gifts and contributions to the world, we not only hurt ourselves from being full self-expressed, we literally deny others the many gifts we have to offer. And in this case, my gifts are life-giving. Gifts
If you’re feeling pulled to give up on something in your life, check out my favorite quote on quitting below, and post it around your office, or you home for the inspiration to never quit.
Remember: it only takes one time to succeed … success is just on the other side of no.
Click on the image to watch my Better Connecticut segment:
