Finish It!

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The end of something is better than its beginning. It is better to be patient than arrogant.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 (The Bible)

When it first began...you had the buttterflies. The nervous excitement from the good news you received or the new chapter you had begun. You simply couldn't suppress the joy and excitement you felt and you wanted the feeling to last forever. But as time went on, the fire in your heart begun to grow cold; you lost the joy, passion and the zeal to keep it going.

We have all been there...experienced the great feeling of a fresh start to something new. You begin a new job, a new relationship, a new friendship, get a new idea, a new school or college, you are newly wed. They call it the honeymoon phase and it's the time when everything feels good and just perfect. But over time, life gets difficult, obstacles come our way and takes away the joy and excitement we once felt. We have all experienced it. As time goes on, the job is lost, the relationship ends, the friend become an enemy, the idea frizzles out, the school day begins to drag, the couple begin to disagree and the marriage ends in divorce.

It is easy to start something but not easy to keep it going. Personally, I will confess that I have a problem of consistency that I have been trying to deal with. It's hard to keep friendships going, motivation on a high, good habits in place and the body weight low. But for all of these conditions, the obvious remedy is to 'Maintain'. Maintenance is a great skill and requires an investment of our time and alot of perseverance. The dictionary defines peseverance as a 'steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state...especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement'.

Always remember this. When you begin something, expect difficulties which you would have to overcome - obstacles, you would have to face and push through and discouragement, which you would have to lift yourself out of.

Yes, it is exciting to start something, perhaps you might have had a great start to life but now your life happens to be unbearable and unpredictable. Some of us are great starters (I can put my hand up for that one) but how many of us usually manage to finish what we've started or want to accomplish?

Develop some staying power. The journey will never be easy; but the reward is always sweet and worth it in the end.

Till next time...

Happy living

Claudy xoxo

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