{"id":1998,"date":"2014-07-07T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T03:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/disengage-that-eject-button\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:00:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:00:38","slug":"disengage-that-eject-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=1998","title":{"rendered":"Disengage that EJECT Button!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pilots push the EJECT button when their planes are about to crash, and to save their lives — they have no other choice. They MUST take action\u2026FAST! But, what about those of us who are birthing a dream and it\u2019s just too difficult to keep pushing. Or toughing it out in the middle of a project or venture that seems quitting is the obvious thing to do. Or we have given our all to accomplish some task or goal, and the going gets just too tough. All of the negative voices and circumstances, seem to indicate\u2026. QUIT — give up the fight \u2013 you can\u2019t take this any more.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I heard Father Bryan Brooks expound on his recent trip to Spain where he walked the Way of St. James (a 200+ mile pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela — the burial place of St James) \u2013 a journey he had prepared and trained for, prayed earnestly about for a very long time, and undertook as a celebration of his 20-years as a priest, to pray for us, and as penance because he knows he could be a better priest (some would argue about that as we\u2019ve only seen the remarkable, devoted and tremendously dedicated man of God that he is). Nevertheless this was his goal and mission. He shared how many times, over the 200+ miles of walking in a matter of 18 days, he was faced with the notion of quitting, when, physically, it didn\u2019t seem he could take another step, when the rainy weather impeded his progress, but no time greater than only one hour into his journey after he arrived in Spain. He was pickpocketed on the subway \u2013 his credit card, ATM card, his identification, and his money was stolen. He had every reason to push the EJECT button to take him back to the comfort of his home and church family. But, he wouldn\u2019t accept defeat. He continued his journey through to completion.<\/p>\n

I can understand the part of wanting to EJECT from situations, circumstances, dreams, goals and ventures. Taking the path of less resistance is so much easier. But why choose the easy way out, instead of knowing the thrill of conquest and victory? Why do Olympians train for years, for \u201cone moment in time\u201d? Why do leaders have to make tough decisions every day when it would be so easy to throw in the towel \u2013 to press the EJECT button? Vince Lombardi said it perfectly \u201cWinners never quit; quitters never win!\u201d Perhaps this is a message we all needed to hear today \u2013 the message that says, \u201cDig a little deeper; walk a little further; climb a little higher; push a little harder — you AND God have got this! . Now let’s all DISENGAGE the EJECT button! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pilots push the EJECT button when their planes are about to crash, and to save their lives — they have no other choice. They MUST take action\u2026FAST! But, what about those of us who are birthing a dream and it\u2019s just too difficult to keep pushing. Or toughing it out in the middle of a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11787,11788,7804,2395,11789,1528,11790,7493,11791,11792],"class_list":["post-1998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-birthing-a-dream","tag-eject-button","tag-father-bryan-brooks","tag-pilgrimage","tag-pilots","tag-quit","tag-quitters-never-win","tag-vince-lombardi","tag-way-of-st-james","tag-winners-never-quit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2540,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions\/2540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}