Last night as I watched the Grammy's (and pretended to be Joan Rivers as I watched the bests and the worsts of the red carpet), a new artist that I was unfamiliar with performed. Her name is Adele, and she performed her award-winning song "Chasing Pavements."
The chorus asks a question I've asked myself on numerous occasions: "Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing pavements, even if it leads nowhere?"
Knowing when to walk away, from a dream, a relationship, etc., is one of the hardest things to know and to understand. How do you know when it's time to give up, time to walk away?
On one hand, I don't want to give up on something or someone. I don't like the feeling that I'm quitting. On the other hand, I don't want to waste my time on something that won't come to fruition. Life is too short.
Life is indeed to short, but I also think life is too short to not be truly happy. I think one of the ways to gauge when it's time to walk away is to honestly evaluate whether or not the situation, the relationship, the dream, etc. makes you happy.
Do I think I should quit everything or everyone that doesn't make me happy every second of every day? Absolutely not. Life is full of ups and downs. It's part of what makes life beautiful. But I think that when we take the time to honestly and truthfully evaluate what we're doing, and chasing, to determine what we are actually getting from it, it can reveal whether or not it's time to walk away. Or whether it's worth the chase.
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