Tide

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you cannot hold on for a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn.”  

– Harriet Beecher Stowe

Too often, when we do get into that tight place in our life, we give up a little too early. We quit literally just moments in advance of the turning tide.  A situation to which I  can speak of, having been there more than once.  And I will bet that I will be there once again.  

But as Ms. Stowe implies, it only “seems that you cannot hold on for a minute longer”.  

“Seems”  is a subjective state of mind.  Fear, anxiety insecurity guides us to follow that chain of thought.  Rather than just holding on a minute longer.  

And if we allow circumstances such as these to rule the day, “seems” can work its way into our psyche and make the transition to become doubt.  A self-induced  concoction meant to move us off of perseverance and faith.  And then, our  doubts will only betray us.   

So, speaking from experience, never give up then.  

Gird yourself for just another minute. 

For that is precisely the place and time when the tide will turn.