When the day ends and the darkness falls, you may be tempted to tuck away your hope and just give up. That's another day gone. It's another day that you have not achieved what you yearn for. It may look like another reason to just let it all go.
It's hard to keep holding on when everything pushes you to let go. When it's all dark and nothing seems to make sense, it can get tough. The dark takes away all the shine. It's like a tunnel where the light at the end has also been turned off.
Nothing seems to be working out for you. Everything seems to be going against you. All your plans are failing and you don't see any more shine in anything. Everything is dull and your soul is slowly dying.
But one thing you should never do is to give up. It's better to die trying than to not try at all. At the end, you will say you gave your best. Do all you can until you have no more strength left. Give your dreams so much faith that people around you will think you are crazy.
That's how great things are accomplished. That's how the sun shines back after the darkness. When you keep at it, the darkness breaks eventually and you start seeing a sliver of light, as a new day dawns. Don't let the darkness distract you because the sunshine breaks even the darkest night.
And when you see someone else going through a similar storm, don't forget where you came from. Don't forget the turmoil you went through in your time of darkness. Let your light shine, and be the sun in someone else's storm. You could be all the hope they need to pull through.
Here are shine quotes to inspire and motivate you!
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