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I learned to never give up. But sometimes you just have to in order to choose better. Sometimes holding onto something only hurts us.

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Yes, we have to widen the perspective. We don't give up trying to realize our potential. But we may give up pursuing it the way we're doing it right now

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I love the idea that quitting is a skill and in fact, it's key to know when to give up, course-correct and say enough.

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And it happens much more often than we expect.

My family, my mom in particular, has a static view of life and reality. They act as if everything will stay the same for decades.

But it's the opposite. In recent years I embraced quotes like this one:

Lao Tzu: "Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality."

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