Regret Or Relief? Reflecting On A Decision To Give Up

If there is anyone who tends to give up at the sight of a mere difficulty, it'd be me but somehow, there are some things I can't see myself giving up on even when the challenges I face in it are enough reasons to. Giving up is a situation that many might have gone through before they got to where they are, more learned through experience.

There's almost no quote about "Giving Up" that isn't popular from "Giving up is not an option" to quote like "Fall seven times and stand up eight" but this doesn't mean people don't give up, cases of such still happen till today. One thing I've come to understand is, not all who gave up are failures because they didn't stop growing, they adjusted.

It might seem like I'm trying to justify why I gave up a dream I once had but honestly, it is more of a relief to me than regret especially now as compared to when I actually gave it up. In my experience, I gave up because the process wasn't working and the means to get to that dream needed more than I had at my disposal, support.

Diverting to something at that point with the mind of tracing it to my dream over time was the best option and it worked better until after a while, I discover more that I could do which would bring me the peace and contentment we're all after, over all. Today, I think back to that time I gave up on a childhood dream, I don't feel regret.

I'm more about the successes I've achieved and the path I'm on now towards even bigger successes, feeling relieved that it wouldn't have been this better if I had been headstrong on that first dream of mine. It was a beautiful dream no doubt and I kinda had a lot of convictions that it was what I was born for and would enjoy doing.

But today, I'm not regretting I left the dream for a bigger tomorrow. What was my dream? it was to become a medical doctor who save lives both physically, medically and spiritually. At the time I had this dream, I didn't really consider much of the spiritual aspect and just kept pushing for the way to become one right from my college days.

I faced a lot of difficulty like unexpected bad exam results, corruption in the admission process and others that kept delaying me from getting into the university to study my course of choice which would take me to my dream. At a point, I was made to think I didn't have the brain for that dream but I didn't give up at that time.

But when I got to understand fully what it entails to become a medical doctor especially in the growing world and the kind of lifestyle I want to lead going forward, I gave myself the advice of giving up on it not because I am not capable to push forward with it but because I found something better for myself than my old dream.

I don't regret it even though everything isn't as I had imagined it to be after giving up on that dream because I believe the whole thing is just a process to the big plans I have for myself and the ones I believe God has for me. Even if it means retracing back to my first dream which I doubt, I'm very sure to continue trying. No giving up option, just adjusting to what suits my growth.