It is easier sometimes to quit then to keep going. Yet what will quitting cost really? What will be missed if quitting is the option that is chosen. It all depends what we are talking about. I am thinking about good things but they are also hard. 

When my husband and I took a trip to Arizona we climbed a few mountains. The temptation to quit for me was pretty high. I don't like the hard work and sweating combination. At one point I thought I was going to faint near the top of the mountain. This one guy saw me and was telling me about a mountain nearby which I should for sure check out. "After all" he says " it is even higher and steeper then this one, sometimes it is straight up". The guys was clearly not getting that at that particular moment, my head was spinning. Steeper climbs was not what I was imagining. Quitting -yes-except at the top of a mountain, you can't ... you have to climb down. Bill was not ready to carry me and nor would my pride allow that!

There was alot of beauty I would have missed had I chosen to not make that climb. It was extrodinary to see all the cactus and enjoy the views! 

There is an old poem I was thinking about. I do not now what you are facing. Perhaps it will inspire you to reconsider.  I got this poem book when I was 16. This has always been a favorite. The author is not listed here in my book so I cannot give credit to its creator.

" When things go wrong, and they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile but have to sigh, 

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest if you must,- but don't you quit.

 

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As everyone of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about

When we might have won had we stuck it out;

Don't give up though the pace seems slow-

You might succeed with another blow.

 

Often the goal is nearer then 

it seems to a faint and faltering man,

Often the struggler has given up 

when he might have captured the victor's cup.

And he learned too late, when the night slipped down.

How close he was to the golden crown. 

 

Success is failure turned inside out-

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt-

 

And you can never tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems afar;

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit-

It's when things seems worst that you mustn't quit."

 

Whatever the struggle, don't give up. Not today. God gives strength to those who ask. He gives it for one step at a time. I am cheering for you!