My reasons for moving forward

Life is not always kind, in fact, some of us have to struggle uphill from time to time or very often; some things are solved or achieved at the first time, but some others require more time. And it is precisely those situations that take time, are the ones that make us from time to time think about giving it all up.

When I was already a teenager or maybe before, I was taught that I had to earn things and do my part to achieve some things, for example, if I wanted a pair of fashionable shoes, at home they gave me a part of what they could cost, but the rest was up to me, that taught me that things cost, also to value what I get, also discipline and perseverance.

But when you are an adult, the responsibilities and struggles are different and many times when we are tired of some situations, what may cross our mind is to give up and send everything to hell.

Sometimes it is healthy to give up, leave everything behind and redirect our efforts to more productive causes, I say this because some situations such as relationships, jobs, friendships and even family, can exhaust us and only manage to cause us harm, I'm not just talking about physical damage, which can happen, I'm talking about affecting us emotionally and even psychologically, in cases like these, as simple as that we must think about our welfare, because if we do not love ourselves first, no one else will and also if we do not take care of ourselves, we can not be with those we love.

At other times, convictions, goals or loved ones are what motivate us to move forward. For example, I believe that something that completely changes a woman and drives her to fight is becoming a mother. It completely transforms us and makes us wake up or realize the strength we have.

To give you an idea of what things and people make me move forward, I will give you some examples, for 19 years I have been working in a State entity, for some years now it has changed radically, this has generated in addition to sadness and disillusionment the desire to run away and leave everything, but I will not throw away my years of service, since I have 6 years to go before I retire.

Now speaking as a mother, many times when I have thought of throwing in the towel, my son comes to my mind, it is true that he is already 22 years old, but it is no secret that for parents children never grow up and you want to leave something for them, whether it is a little push for them to start their own way.

Other beings I think about are my cats, those five little fur balls I have at home and the two community cats I feed, these little animals also push me to find a way to produce, so that they do not lack anything, because they do not know about economic crises of salaries or other circumstances, they only know that twice a day at specific times their Karen feeds them.

In short, there is always something or someone that pushes us to continue and that is good, because when we are about to throw in the towel, we remember those reasons and people, we take a breath to continue and return to the fight, thus ends my participation in Hive Naija Weekly Prompt | Edition 96