DON'T QUIT: 

Abraham Lincoln was born in humble surroundings, a one-room log cabin with dirt floors in Hardin County, Kentucky. His father, Thomas Lincoln, could not read and could barely sign his name. Given his background he was not expected to amount to anything in life but he was determined not to quit, he became a lawyer largely through self-education. On August 6th 1832,  he lost the election for General Assembly the same year he ran out of business, in 1833 his new business failed again and was badly in depth, in 1855 Lincoln does not get chosen by the Illinois legislature to be U.S. Senator, in 1859 instead of Abraham, the Illinois legislature chose Stephen Douglas for the U.S. Senate, he ran for U.S. Senate twice (1854 and 1858) but lost both times and He is estimated to have only received a total of 18 months of formal education, yet he never quit and on November 6th, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States of America, and was the first Republican.

For success to be achieved a process must be completed and aborting that process means quitting and conceding failure. Life is hard, difficult and unfair but we all have to deal with it. "People will rate you, hate you, shake you, and break you, but how strong you stand is what makes you". Everything may be happening in a way we did not expect and the weight of life's challenges are so heavy that we think the way out is quitting, but we have forgotten that we have been in pain and quitting will mean we will not be rewarded for the pains we have already gone through, why not stay at it and get rewarded for it. We should not cry to quit but cry to keep going. Pain is temporary, though it may last for a minute, an hour, a day, or even a year but eventually it will subside and something else will replace it, however, if you quit, it will last forever. The best way to be relieved of pain is achieving success and success cannot be achieved if you QUIT.

Remember: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” - Albert Einstein.

May the goodness of the Universe never elude us, Amen.

Ogunjobi Kamikun (@kammykroxx).