Given Up

There comes a point where everything we’ve ever known falls apart. I can know all the answers to something.  Know it backwards and forwards.  Know what to say and what not to say, but when faced with the reality of what it really means, is when the realization that knowing about something, and knowing it to the point where it leads your life are two totally different things.

I can know that there is something called engineering, I could look up definitions, and engineering words, but if I had to design a functioning highway interchange I wouldn’t have a clue.

It’s the same way when I hit a point where the actuality of living something out and knowing it are two completely different things.

When this hits I feel like giving up.  Giving up on everything I’ve ever known or felt.  But I’ve found that this point of giving up is a good thing.

It’s a good thing because it breaks away all the fakeness, all the pat answers that sound good in theory but really mean nothing.  Giving up isn’t the end, but it’s rather the beginning.  A chance to start over and begin again.

So if you are at a place where giving up sounds incredibly refreshing, then take it as a sign to evaluate what you’ve been doing and what you’ve believed, discard the fake bull crap you’ve been holding on to, and really find out what you believe.