When Do You
Let Go …?
By Gary Go
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Perseverance is a principle welded into the minds
of most of the young innocents who occupy the world today. Most of the time, that principle gets you to places. There are at least a couple dozen of movies that have been made about heroes who have persevered throughout an hour-and-a-half long movie to win a fight against a seriously overpowered guy who may or may not have kidnapped the hero’ s girlfriend. But sometimes, there are just some things that are beyond an individual’ s capabilities. Sometimes, there are things the individual felt like he was born to do, but are about as unrealistic as Superman t a k i n g o f f h i s Superunderwear, and will make the individual look like a fool in the pitiful eyes of T. Sometimes, the ship needs to be abandoned. Sometimes, Titanic feels like too long of a movie. Sometimes, people need to give up, and drink the lemonade life has made for them.
For the sake of better explaining this revolutionary concept, an example will be made using an imaginary being by the name of Wilt. Wilt is a construction worker that builds homes for imaginary characters. Everyday Wilt goes to work via bicycle, because he’ s too poor to afford a motorbike and too rich to afford a unicycle. And he’ s too much of a boss to be riding a tricycle. One day at work, Wilt steps on some random dangerous object, like a grenade, or some other dangerous object, like two grenades. Also, he gets trampled by elephants, because the world just wants to put the hurt on Wilt, that’ s why. He loses both his legs, his left arm, one of his right eyelashes, and his nose. Because of that, he is immediately hospitalized and is sued by Voldemort, because Voldemort thinks Wilt totally stole his look. Three months after the accident Wilt stops feeling phantom pains, and decides to go back to work. But because he does not have any legs, or his left arm, or that eyelash he lost, he cannot do anything except dance the worm occasionally. Still, Wilt tries to work, despite the fact that is useless when it comes to construction now. But because he does not get any work done, he does not get paid.
Wait, why not wait until you are able to overcome your problem? Why not wait until you can pop some tags, earn $ 20 in your pocket, and buy some granddad’ s clothes? The point trying to be made clear is this: give up when there is absolutely zero hope; when there is more loss than gain. What Wilt should have done was gotten a job that did not require legs and a left arm, like a skydiver or a right arm wrestler. Instead, he kept trying and ended up failing, because his attempts were futile. There’ s no use trying if you know you won’ t succeed, and there’ s even less use trying if you know it will end badly. There’ s a fine line between struggling for some gain, and struggling for nothing. Understanding that line is the key to grasping this concept. So when do you let go? When the going gets too tough, you let go. When what you are doing endangers the well-being of others, you let go. When you are the best player on the team, and you have the ball, you do not let go. When you spill milk, you let go. When you’ re stuck and can’ t get out despite all of your attempts, you let go, and cross the line to the bright side.
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