Before You Quit…..Try

When you feel like you have every reason in the world to quit, look around at those who have so much more reason than you do to quit…..but they don’t. They intend to soar, and people who soar, are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot in life, nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they just refuse to be quitters. They won’t allow life’s circumstances to push them down and hold them under. They push through and pull up. QUIT is just not in their vocabulary!

This photo is of Jessica Cox. She suffered a rare birth defect and was born without arms. BUT, she was also born with a determined spirit. With what she had — she pushed through to success — no matter the tremendous effort, pain, and discomfort or how long it would take her. Jessica, from Tuscon, AZ, is a psychology graduate that can write, type, drive a car, brush her hair and talk on her phone by simply using her feet. She is also a dancer and has a double black belt in Tai Kwon-Do. The plane she flies is one of the few airplanes to be made and certified without pedals. Without rudder pedals, Jessica is free to use her feet as hands. She took three years instead of the usual six months to complete her lightweight aircraft license, had three flying instructors and practiced 89 hours of flying, becoming the first pilot with no arms.

And what was that I heard people say about QUITTING? “I can’t because I…….” REALLY? I’d say we have every reason in the world to pursue our dreams, our goals and our visions — we have too many blessings, have been given way too much, and BEST OF ALL , we have a Heavenly Father, WHO with ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! I’d say, WE CAN!!! So, let’s just DO IT!