Quitting is not an option now

Quitting is not an option for me. Once I have determined my course of action, I do whatever needs to be done, until such time as I reach my target. OK, there are some days when I may be on a go - slow, but I chip away at whatever is causing my angst and eventually get back up to speed. You see i've learned my lesson - I used to quit when things got tough. I'd tell myself that I didn't really want "it" whatever "it" was. And then I'd pretend it didn't matter.

Until I finally got it. Everything matters, and everything impacts on everything else.

I had reason to test that resolve this week.

At the moment I am in week 4 of the 6 week intermediate pole dancing class. Unfortunately I managed to tear a muscle in the forearm whilst attempting a one handed spin to a two handed catch....which means I am going to have to stop. I am not going to be able to recover in time for next Wednesday's class.

So - do I accept that at "my age" I can't do something? NO WAY
Do I accept that it takes me longer to heal than my younger days?  Unfortunately YES
Do I quit and say - i'll take up something a lot less arduous?  I must admit the thought did cross my mind....BRIEFLY ....
What did I do? I strapped the arm, and phoned the dance studio - actually they phoned me - "I was going to call you today" - and I've re-set the classes - for a few weeks down the track - after my arm has healed. Shame - my fellow class mates are a great bunch of people, but no doubt, i'll see them again....when they re-do the classes too...just because it's so hard to get all the moves first, second and even third time around....there are a few re-takers....i'm just re-starting earlier.

Have you ever quit and then told yourself that you didn't want "it" anyway?
Did you regret making that decision a little while later?

Are you going to make yourself a promise that you will find a way around whatever obstacles are in your current path?

You should, and the reason is simple.

Reaching your goal is not the only important thing about having one in the first place. How you reach your goal can be just as important. What kind of a person do you need to be to take those first few faltering steps? And what kind of a person will you be when you get there? Something tells me you won't recognise yourself.

With love and light
Elle

Comments

[Rob Wallis]

Oh my goodness, yes.I have regretted so many times that I quit too early, usully because something is hard. One thing that works for me is to do something, even is it's little, every day. Some kind of action, address an envelope, something. It works.

[George]

But shouldn't you just accept that sometimes you can be too old, too inflexible, too injury prone to want to continue. I mean there's being sensible and being stupid!! especially as you get older. I know you don't say how old you actually are, but surely common sense has got to prevail at some point.

[Elle]

Hi George
Absolutely, common sense has to prevail...which is why my arm is strapped, I stink to high heaven of deep heat or some such medication, I'm taking anti-inflammatories and I will only go back to class as and when the arm allows me to.
And yes I am old enough to know I should have got it checked when I did it.
Cheers
Elle