The Courtship of Quitting

Being drawn away from activities is a part of life. There are many things that can tempt you to remove yourself from an activity.

Quitting must be courted, and the courtship leads to consent.

Quitting is a behavior that needs to be petted and stroked until it becomes as familiar as the family dog. The more you court quitting, the more appealing it becomes. This courtship leads to consent. The consent to let yourself seek the easy way out. Quitting is easy. It will always be the simplest solution, but unfortunately, it is also the most destructive.

By its very nature, quitting one thing increases the desire to quit other things. Quitting becomes comfortable and attractive because it removes the need to continue with hard work. Quitting, in turn, destroys growth.

You don’t quit because of the cost. If the cost was a true factor then it would rear its ugly head when you have to write that check to the dance school, or the gymnastics class or for the baseball soccer or football team.

The real reason for quitting is because karate requires that you prove what you know on a daily basis. And that continuation only gets more difficult as time goes on.

Quitters never win, and winners never quit.