The Power of QUITTING

Sometimes it just doesn't make sense to keep going.*

I don’t enjoy it anymore.
It’s affecting my health.
It’s causing problems with my family.
I really do NOT believe it’s good for me.
Too many people tell me I MUST do it.

I must quit, right now.
To hell with the consequences.
No more suffering.
No more bullying.
No more being forced into doing things I do not believe in.

I MUST quit voting for stupid politicians.

Okay, so this was not what you were expecting—but much of what’s written above is encapsulated in all those things you should think about quitting.

Do you smoke? Have you thought about quitting, or simply stopping for a while?
And drinking? Taking drugs?

Stopping doesn’t hack it. These are things that need to be cold-turkeyed, cut off entirely until they're out of your system for good. The remnants will always remind you of what once was—and what harm they caused. So, were they really harmful? The answer probably lies in those first few statements above.

The power of QUITTING is understanding when to let go.
Understanding that the time has come to release yourself from an uncomfortable burden.

QUITTING is not giving up.
On the contrary—it is the intelligence we were all born with, finally put into practice.

You might be 20 kilometers into a 26-kilometer marathon and feel your body disintegrating.
Everything is beginning to shut down.
Digging in and running to the end no longer makes as much sense as what the coaches told you.
Gritting your teeth only works for so long.
But when the pain isn’t even registering anymore, when your legs are wobbling, your chest is heaving, and colour is slipping into shades of grey... you’re not giving up.
You’re saving your own life.

Being called a QUITTER is really hurtful.
The ignorant rarely have the courage to make this kind of decision.
So they hide behind slights and insults.

QUITTING a relationship is just as critical.
It doesn’t matter what kind.
Sometimes, it’s simply NOT working anymore.

Your partner may even wish they’d had the same courage to walk away.
Most, however, never understand when they've reached this stage—so they fight on, needlessly.

There’s no point in flogging a dead horse.

And now we get down to the nitty-gritty of QUITTING.

It’s that job, isn’t it?
That horrible slave factory that makes you feel so miserable every day—or not.

But it’s where you just can’t be sure there’s any future in staying. (Like the relationship above.)

Fogy had a very good position once. (One of many.)
Fogy discovered so much about what life had prepared him for, and success seemed unlimited.
But Fogy also discovered he had grown some principles.
(Yes, those job killers.)

And he was no longer prepared to stand for idiocy.

Having worked hard and earned a solid dose of respect, the thought that someone might try to undermine him for their own gain was more than unacceptable.

His ultimatum?
Change things—or I quit.

They didn’t.
So he did.

Was it wrong?
Financially, yes.
Morally, not at all.

And the dilemma revolves around these two ideas:

“I cannot afford to have morals.”
“I cannot afford to believe in what is right.”
“I cannot afford to reject the wrong around me.”

The power of QUITTING is understanding that sometimes you must follow your righteous path—the one you truly believe in.

You are not a QUITTER.
You are preserving your health and your well-being.

It may seem the wrong decision in the short term.
But one day, looking back, it will seem like the most intelligent step you ever took.

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