perseverance.

Life is hard. My uncle is dying of cancer. Our house is full of people who come to visit him. Our fridge is chuck full of food and leftovers. We don't know exactly what all will happen in the next 6 months.

Sometimes, I just want to give up.
I want to stop smiling. Sometimes I want to quit acting like everything's ok, and I just want to be grumpy and moody like I feel. Sometimes I want to quit trying so hard to be joyful. I want to hole up in my room and not talk to anyone. Sometimes I want to do nothing all day. I want to quit thinking -- about the future or the present, or anything else. So much in me screams I want to give up.
But, I won't. I'm not. I am not giving up. I am not letting this world get me down. Because I know this is in my life for a purpose. Sometimes it's so hard. But just because life is hard does not give me any reason to give up on God. He has already won the battle for me. I only need to claim that victory and live in it.

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