encouragement note

You know that feeling when you feel like you're just really tired and you can't do it? And then there are people that tell you the same? I don't think I'd be where I am right now if I gave up, if I listened to them instead of following my heart. I think we need people in our lives that tell us the honest truth, that can tell us not to listen to what other people say. We need people that believe in us, so we can have the confidence to believe in ourselves.
I remember the poem that was on the cover of my old diary:

Don't quit when the tide is lowest,
For it's just about to turn;
Don't quit over doubts and questions
For there's something you may learn

Don't quit when the night is darkest,
For it's just a while 'til dawn;
Don't quit when you've run the farthest,
For the race is almost won.

Don't quit when the hill is steepest,
For your goal is almost night;
Don't quit for you're not a failure
Until you fail to try.

-Jill Wolf

I thought it was kind of silly that we had encouragement week at school. Everybody commented on how "middle-school" that was. In the end, everyone got into it, writing encouragement notes to each other, building each other up. We need to do that. So here's my little encouragement note to you. Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, don't give up.