We've all had a friend tell us to just get up and move on from something or someone. They say that life is easier if we just cut that person/thing out of our life. What is the point in fighting for something so hard and hurting ourselves in a desperate attempt to make things work? Why bother when it is as simple as turning your back and walking away?

That's the popular mindset. Everyone wants the people in their lives to be happy, and the quickest way to happiness is to remove the struggle from your life. But what about actually working and cultivating that happiness? What about not taking the easy way out and getting into something for the long haul?

The tougher question is- where is the line between giving up on something or making the choice to walk away?

Personally, I've never been the type to stray away from something that has enough of a hold on my heart and mind that it is causing me this kind of internal struggle. Sure, it leaves you burned sometimes. Sometimes you hold on so tight that your grip only hurts yourself. But wouldn't you rather have tried and failed than not tried at all? At least you can learn from the failure or revel in the success from that point. If you give up, what have you got for a reward?

So maybe you're a flight risk, maybe you run as soon as the going gets tough.

Maybe you have experience with holding on and you've just got some scars from that.

Maybe you just don't know what to do; you don't know if giving up is the thing to do or if you should stick it out.

Well I challenge you- hold on. Because you're going to get something from doing so. You're going to learn. You're going to succeed. And most of all, whats meant to be will be no matter what. So why not give it a shot?