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Throw In The Towel

Giving up is the hardest part.

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Throw In The Towel

"Maybe there's something you're afraid to say, or someone you're afraid to love, or somewhere you're afraid to go. It's gonna hurt. It’s gonna hurt because it matters"

- John Green

I'm the girl who goes back and forth in that relationship she should've walked away from long, long ago.

I'm the girl who sprints out of sight if she's even in the same vicinity as her crush.

I'm that one kid who tries out for the basketball team every year, when I'm five feet too short and have no athletic bone in my body.

I'm the child that stuffs fries in their mouth straight from the grease, every single time; no matter how many times someone says "that's hot".

I'm the girl who’s never run for a position until this year out of fear of failure.

I'm the RA who puts on the same program, at the same time, on the same day and door knocks 15 mins before every time, when each time it ends up being a RA party.

I'm that one person in the group project that would rather type an entire 10 page paper than present one slide even though she knows the presentation backwards and forwards.

I'm the friend that keeps lending you $10, even though it's now going on four years and you still need to borrow just $10 until you get paid.

I'm one of those calculate every single risk, have an internal conflict for days at a time and still chose B; because maybe just maybe, it won't be so bad after all.

Sometimes... You just need to know when to say enough is enough.

You can't save everyone. You can't do everything. You can't always choose the more difficult road because you're strong enough to push through. There comes a time where you must decide that if you walk away the world won't come tumbling down. It may feel like it. Sure. It will hurt you more than anyone else it could affect. But you must make the decision to throw in the towel.

There are far greater things than what's in between you and what you love. Between you and the people you can’t see yourself without. There has to be a point where you take one selfish little moment and say “I can't do this". Not to myself, or anyone else.

When you have had enough, and find your limit, and get that heavy feeling that you're at your breaking point. It’s up to you to say “this is it”.

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