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Nursing Student |writer @ Student |Federal University, Lokoja
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Giving up vs Enduring 🙃
<p>Giving up doesn't mean you're weak. Enduring doesn't mean you're strong.</p><p>Let me explain 🥲</p><p>We've been taught to admire people who "never give up."</p><p><br/></p><p>"Keep trying.</p><p>Keep pushing.</p><p>Keep enduring.</p><p>Don't quit."</p><p>Some will say "winners never quit and quitters never win". Kiniko kiniko </p><p>And while perseverance is admirable, nobody talks enough about how sometimes staying is the thing that's destroying you.</p><p><br/></p><p>You can keep forcing a relationship that has already run its course.</p><p>Keep pursuing something that no longer aligns with who you're becoming.</p><p>Keep tolerating situations that constantly drain you.</p><p><br/></p><p>And call it strength because you haven't walked away.</p><p><br/></p><p>But sometimes walking away isn't surrender.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes it's awareness.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes you're not giving up because you're weak. You're giving up because you've finally accepted that effort cannot fix everything.</p><p>(I don't even want to talk about toxic friendships people hold on to because "we've been friends for ages" or "we are family friends")</p><p>And on the other hand, enduring pain indefinitely doesn't automatically make you strong.</p><p><br/></p><p>Strength isn't measured by how much suffering you can tolerate(it doesn't pay)</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes strength looks like staying.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes it looks like leaving.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes it looks like trying again.</p><p><br/></p><p>And sometimes it looks like saying:</p><p><br/></p><p>"I've tried enough. I choose myself now."</p><p><br/></p><p>Know the difference between perseverance and self-abandonment and know peace</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
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