The Monday Blues of Life.....

There are days, there are weeks, sometimes it turns into months and years. It maybe with regards to your career, it maybe a degenerative disease, it just might be that relationship.It makes you want to throw your hands up in the air, it makes you want to quit. For me it was emotional exhaustion. I was exhausted of my failures. I was afraid the tide would never turn. I was tired of giving in a relationship, I was tired of working so hard in my career and then for one reason or another having to give it up. I had begun to believe, success is not for me.There were two poems that influenced me a great deal. Today I want to share one with you......Don't Quit

Here is the original poem in it's entirety:

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
- Author unknown

A lot of times, the things that exhaust us are not too huge . There are like straws, small things accumulating over time. It may be an over burden of responsibilities, or finances that are not in crisis but somehow just enough, it may be an indifference or cynicism settling in. Sometimes its an over whelming sense of boredom with the routine and predictability in your life.Sometimes its too many changes, sometimes a stifling stagnation. A numbness starts to take over....a sense of despondency and apathy . You may not want to wake up in the morning, or go to work. Everything feels stale. I call it locked in a prison of thoughts. Yet, that is the very time to give it a last push and shove. Make changes and hang in there. Its quite true what they say, the darkest night happen just before the crack of dawn. Every time, you feel like quiting, on anything, take a deep breath, take one day at a time. Slow down. Just know if the good times didn't last, nor will the bad. One thing , that always gave me hope was the knowledge, I'm not alone, someone , somewhere is facing a worse battle than I am .People understand, reach out, ask for help...beat those Monday blues of life....