Keep Going Because Stopping Isn’t Even an Option

“Life is like riding a bicycle. You don’t fall off unless you plan to stop peddling.”  - Claude Pepper

While pilfering through my quotes for a quote for today (Gandhi won out), I came across this one by Claude Pepper.  Mr. Pepper was a Harvard Law school graduate, taught law, practiced law in Miami Beach, Coral Gables, and Tallahassee, Fla., as well as in Washington, D.C. .  He capped it all off by serving as a Senator and Representative from the beautiful state of Florida.

He’s the sort of person who, when speaking, the rest of us would do well to lean in and listen.  I’m leaning.

I’ve never thought about life in the terms he spoke of in the quote above.  But I’ll be danged if he isn’t right.  If you’ve ever taught a child to ride a bike, you know that all is usually fine until they stop peddaling, for whatever reason.  It’s pretty much the same with swimming - if you stop treading or kicking, there’s no place left to go but down.

The only option you have is to keep on keeping on. Same with life, isn’t it?  Even when we’re tired….even when we’re broken-hearted or our spirit has been stripped bare….even when we’re sick - we have to dig deep and find a way to keep going.  Because if we stop, we’re going to drop and, unlike cats, we won’t land on our feet.

The dread, the descent, the deterioration, the drop, and the downfall can all be found in the same place - the very spot you discontinue.

Just keep on going.  It really doesn’t matter if you feel like it or not. Find a way, make a way - and when that way lets you down, find another.

Joi

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