When it comes to living a full life, we have to believe in something, begin to live it, and keep going. Or we can simply give up. That’s always an option, too. When you keep going after life knocks you down, you might get knocked down again. But you get up and go again. That’s not failure. But giving up…yes…that’s failure.
I’m not talking about leaving one idea for another as giving up. Sometimes that’s the best way to keep going. I’m talking about simply giving up. Saying, “that’s it…I just can’t go on.” That’s failure.
A successful relationship requires you to keep going even when it strains you to the breaking point. You don’t give up on it because it’s difficult. You don’t quit because it’s uncomfortable. You don’t abandon it even if it seems hopeless. It may abandon you, but you can’t control that. You can only control you. And that’s why you must…
Believe And Begin
Summer in those eyes; I know they hide no lies
That gaze behind the lace
Takes me to a faraway place
Where day is never done;
We chase the midnight sun
And raise the golden chalice
To toast the Aurora Borealis
Oh I know that it’s not quite so
But we have to believe and begin
Yes it’s true; it’s just me and you
But we have to believe and begin
Those Paris green delights
That warm me through the nights
That down vanilla voice
Talks me out of a foolhardy choice
Let’s ride the western wind
To just beyond the bend
It could be an illusion
But that’s not such a foregone conclusion
So let’s go…make the small plans grow
‘Cause we have to believe and begin
Me and you and the Spirit too
But we have to believe and begin
© 1992 Tony Funderburk
Stay tuned…
Tony