Newspapers once reported about a young Taiwanese man who wrote 700
love letters to his girlfriend in a two-year period. A letter almost
every day! Seven hundred letters telling of his undying love for her
and encouraging her to accept his marriage proposal.
Two years of sending letters got results. She announced her
engagement...to the postal worker who delivered all those letters! (I
suppose she just became accustomed to his face.) Lucky for the mail
carrier that her boyfriend didn't give up too soon!
There may be a time to give up, but there is certainly a time to
persist. My kids, for instance, often wanted to give up music lessons.
We encouraged them not to quit. "Stay with the lessons," I told them.
I have spoken with many adults who have said, "I used to take music
lessons when I was a child. I regret the fact that I quit too soon. I
wish I knew how to play the piano today."
I have never talked with an adult who said, "I took music lessons
when I was a child. I regret the fact that I didn't quit sooner!"
Of course, it's not about music lessons...it's about knowing when to
stay with something and knowing when to quit. How many books were
never written because someone quit too soon? How many relationships
died prematurely and how many dreams never came to fruition because
someone gave them up?
Maybe it's not yet quitting time.
Steve Goodier
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