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It's okay to wanna give up sometimes
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Embracing Running: From High School to College Passion
00:00:01
Wes MacMillan
What's up, philosophy family? Um, I just ran eight miles and I feel great.
00:00:14
Wes MacMillan
And I feel great because I've never run eight miles before. And you may be thinking eight miles. That's a lot. Or you may be thinking eight miles. That's nothing.
00:00:31
Wes MacMillan
But to me, eight miles is a lot because it's the farthest I've ever run. And it used to be hard for me to run a mile.
00:00:39
Wes MacMillan
um
00:00:45
Wes MacMillan
And a lot of people don't like running. I did cross country in high school because i and I hated it. My parents made me play a sport every season.
00:00:58
Wes MacMillan
And I got cut from the varsity soccer team. And so I was forced to do cross country and I despised it. But I found running on my own in college and now I love it. And running, yeah, a lot of people think running is hard and running can be hard.
00:01:24
Wes MacMillan
And every time I go for a run, especially in the start, I think about like quitting. I think about how I don't want to do it, but I do it anyway.
Life's Challenges: Accepting and Overcoming Struggles
00:01:42
Wes MacMillan
And life is hard. I kind of wish that I was told life was hard when I was a kid, because you kind of like grow up and adults are like, everything's great.
00:01:55
Wes MacMillan
And then you hit high school, middle school, high school, college, and you just get hit in the face over and over again. But um yeah, life is hard. And sometimes it feels like we pretend life isn't hard, but it's hard. You can choose your heart in the sense that like it's hard to be obese and it's hard to exercise and eat well, but no matter what, it's hard.
00:02:28
Wes MacMillan
and when you like I was just saying when you do hard stuff you kind of want to give up sometimes and that's okay and life is hard so what I'm getting at is like it's okay to want to give up on life sometimes and I don't know if I want to come out and say it so I won't but I think it's pretty clear what giving up on life means and
00:03:01
Wes MacMillan
But in today's world, like if you have those kinds of thoughts and you tell people that you're thinking about giving up on life, or at least like you have those thoughts, then people treat you like there's something wrong with you.
The Power of Perseverance: Thoughts of Giving Up
00:03:19
Wes MacMillan
But there's not. It's okay to have those thoughts. It's normal to want to quit when you're doing hard things.
00:03:32
Wes MacMillan
What matters is that you don't quit. And that's kind of what running shows you. That you don't have to listen to your mind when you, because first mile is always like the hardest, like things are often the hardest in the beginning. And that's why like so many adults are like, you don't know how good you have it. It's like, yeah, like I just started, I feel like I just started life. And I'm still figuring it out. I've got bumped around a decent amount.
00:04:00
Wes MacMillan
like oh but you have so much freedom and i'm like yeah but i have no idea what i'm doing and the truth is that's okay because we're figuring it out i definitely i should probably start scripting these videos a little bit but and i understand why people like freak out when If you tell anyone you're thinking about giving up on life, because it is a scary thought. And one of the reasons it's scary is because deep down, I don't think you want to quit. Even if you feel like it right then. And also people freak out because they love you and they want you to stick around. And that's a good thing.
00:04:56
Wes MacMillan
But I don't know, I feel like we should stop, we should acknowledge that it's okay and we should like accept that it's okay to want to give up sometimes.
Lessons from Surfing: Persistence in Life's Journey
00:05:05
Wes MacMillan
The important thing is that you don't.
00:05:13
Wes MacMillan
Life is like learning to surf. And like anything, when you first start trying it, it sucks.
00:05:23
Wes MacMillan
You're missing all the waves, getting knocked off your board. You get knocked off your board and then you come up for air and you get hit in the face with another wave and it can really, it can really suck.
00:05:38
Wes MacMillan
And at that point, yeah, it's like not wild to want to quit at that point because you're getting banged up.
00:05:50
Wes MacMillan
And it feels like you might not be able to do this. And that's terrifying.
00:05:59
Wes MacMillan
But the reason you should keep going is because you will get it eventually. I promise if you never give up, you will get it eventually. Eventually you're going to catch a wave and then you're going to catch another wave. And these aren't going to be like back to back waves, but over time,
00:06:17
Wes MacMillan
You're gonna get better. The more you do anything, the better you get. Like me making these videos, the more I make, the better I get, hopefully.
00:06:29
Wes MacMillan
And back to the, like you're gonna catch waves and then eventually you're gonna like know how to surf and it's gonna be amazing. And even when you know how to surf, you're gonna get knocked off your board sometimes.
00:06:46
Wes MacMillan
And maybe sometimes when you get knocked off your board and you come up for air, you get hit in the face at the wave and that sucks. Life can suck sometimes.
Embracing Life's Rewards: Love and Achievements
00:06:57
Wes MacMillan
But the important thing is that you get up on your board and you keep trying because I don't want you to miss out on the waves of your life. The waves like falling in love, like having children.
00:07:17
Wes MacMillan
Like having a career that helps the world, feeling like you help people, feeling like other people benefit from your presence on earth. For like the good food, for having fun with your friends, going skiing, going hiking, whatever you want to do. Like there's a lot of good things to be experienced in life. And I don't want you to miss out.
Final Thoughts: Perseverance and Self-Love
00:08:07
Wes MacMillan
So I guess to wrap up, the main thing I want to say is that it's okay to want to give up sometimes. I've wanted to give up on life. I've never seriously like tried to do it or even thought about trying to do it.
00:08:36
Wes MacMillan
But when life sucks, it'd be like, man, I thought about quitting. I didn't really think, I flirted with the idea in my mind of quitting. And when I did that, it made me feel like something's wrong with me because of how like people seem to like react and treat people who have suicidal thoughts.
00:09:05
Wes MacMillan
But it's OK to have those thoughts.
00:09:13
Wes MacMillan
But keep going, because I don't want you to miss out of the way miss out on the waves of life. You're going to learn how to surf, and it's going to be great. I love you.