Winston Churchill was known for his oratory. He gave amazing speeches that inspired a nation to rise up against Nazism and defend herself. His words managed to keep the English people fighting and hoping when everything around them had been reduced to rubble.
One day, when he was no longer Prime Minister, he was called upon to give a commencement speech at a university. Everyone was nervous with anticipation. He stood, looked out over the crowd, and said four words: "Never, never, never quit."
And then he sat down. Initially, some of the students felt they were short-changed, but their professors helped them understand that they had just received the most important lesson of their lives.
It's easy to let the setbacks become failures. It's easy to let the bad times get the better or you. It's easy to feel like your goals are a million miles away. The truth is, you never know how close you are and you are probably closer than you think. Of course, if you quit, you will never get there even if your goal was a day away.
Keep working, keep believing, set goals and reach them, make promises and keep them. Work until you can't work any more and then work some more. You are never as far as it seems. As Joel Osteen puts it: You're closer than you think.
God bless you. Make it your best day yet. And never never never quit.
- Adolfo
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