While I was packing, and unpacking other things to pack up again...(believe me, it NEVER ends!!!) I found this newspaper clip that I saved, but it still hasn't made it in my scrapbook yet...And just for the record, I'm not into boxing or wrestling of any kind!!! Been listening to musicals since I got up this morning and started again with this packing mess...I move in less than 8 weeks now...I can hardly sleep at night sometimes....Sooooo ready to start a new life in a new place...I GET TO TRAVEL AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Story of my life!!! TOTALLY LOVE IT THOUGH!!!!!
"IN a boxing ring, when a fighter is too battered and weak to go on, his trainer throws a white towel on the mat to show that he concedes. That's where the term "throw in the towel" comes from. We also use it to talk about frustrating situation we don't want to battle anymore. It might be a relationship that's going nowhere, a dead-end job or a foreign language you're studying but just can't seem to master. Then you say, "I'm about to throw in the towel." But sometimes years and even decades go by, and you're still clutching that same old towel. Most of the time the boxers don't want to stop the fight, but the trainer knows letting it go on would be too dangerous, and could hurt the boxer for the rest of his life. In the same way, you should get out of the ring in time to avoid serious emotional, mental and physical wounds that could do permanent damage. Just like a boxer, it's really hard for us to give up. We think quitting something means we failed, we're weak. For example, if you "throw in the towel" after years of marriage, you feel like a failure, of if you're forced to close a business you started, you feel like a loser. As a motivational speaker, I'm always encouraging everyone to never give up, since perserverance is one of the keys to success. But we still have to be able to recognize those situations when we really ought to say, "It is time to quit!!" The question is: how do you really know it's time to give up? There are three reasons to "throw in the towel"; because you know in your heart something just isn't right for you, because you've lost interest, or simply because you've had it up to here!! Stop wasting your time, energy or money on something that's never going to get any better. IF you gave it your best and did everything that you possibly could to change things and still nothing improved, it's time to get out before it's too late. Quitting doesn't mean losing, it's more like an act of courage when you admit that a certain relationship, dream or desire isn't working out, and you should let it go. Accept there are some things in life that are not going to work no matter how much you beg, and plead and struggle, but something better will come along. Let go of what's not good for you so you can make room in your life for the things that really are meant to be. Only surround yourself with what brings you peace and harmony."
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