Forward ever.

WHEN IT GETS TOUGHER, KEEP GOING.

Edmund Hillary, and Sherpa Tenzin Norgay were the first men to have reached the zenith of the highest point on planet earth: Mount Everest. This statement would not have been true, had Tom Bourdillon, and Charles Evans not turned back from within 300 feets to the top of Everest three days earlier.

Tom and Charles encountered some challenges on their way to the top which made them quit that attempt, they even went at a record pace, until they felt they could no longer continue their journey to the top of that mountain, three days later Hillary, and Tenzin reached the top of that mountain, not without challenges, but through determination and a never quitting spirit.

Life never gets easier, it only gets tougher, especially when you are going forward vertically. The challenges do not go softer on you, rather it hits you harder, but when you have your eyes set on the goal, and you feel weak and unable to go ahead on that journey, you would have to weigh your options, and decide what you want from what you have gone through. The regret of quitting, or reward for the pain and discipline.

You don't win when you quit, there is no reward for quitting. "When the going gets tough, the tough gets going" they always say. Jackson Brown, Jr. once said, “Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.” The hope of a better tomorrow is enough reason to hang on inspite of the difficulties. Never let go of the opportunity to break through because it got tougher, it is just after that point you will be celebrated.

Kamikun John, Author 366 days of wisdom.