Making The Cut

So last night on the voice, many contestants went home.  Their long journey of giving up on jobs, college, school, and other activities in the hope of making it are over, while some others move forward still holding onto that dream.

So is it truly over for them?  Do they go back to their normal lives, defeated with despair?

The tears, the despair on some of their faces.  Life can be like this, we charge ahead thinking we are on the right path and are going to make it, then are blind-sided by an unexpected halt.  Sometimes these unexpected halts are not bad things, we find out our spouse is pregnant, we get a job transfer, layoff, or promotion.  All really good things, but that can unexpectedly cause our lives to go in a different direction.

When these things happen we have two options, we go in the new direction and ignore the other, or we find ways to make both work.  Will it be harder to move on now?  Absolutely.  New obstacles cause our dreams to get even harder.

Seeing voice contestants go home really makes me wonder, what they will do.   Will they give up, or will it cause them to push even harder, and go farther than anyone ever imagined.

Regardless of what comes in life to try to stop you, keep going.  Don’t let disappointment stop you, because regardless of what you do you will face it, but it’s not the end, it’s not the final statement.  I wish the best for those who didn’t make it.  If you are struggling with feeling like you are not making it, or have met with all the resistance you can take, please, keep going.  You can make it.  It may not be the way you think to the end goal, but get creative, don’t take rejection and prove the critics wrong.

You’ve got this.