SURRENDER. Hmmm, that’s a word that doesn’t pop up in every day conversation. There was a song when I was in middle school by Corey Hart (I think) called “No Surrender” or maybe it was by Richard Marx. I’ll have to look that up later.* I feel like there are lots of songs with the word surrender in them. 

SURRENDER. When I hear that word I think of giving up. I don’t like to give up. This is an unfavorite word of mine. SURRENDER means weak…well, not weak, but the opposite of strong. Not SURRENDERing means that you will survive to live another day. I won’t SURRENDER until I finish writing all of my blog posts. I won’t SURRENDER until my room is clean. I won’t SURRENDER until all of the laundry is finished and put away. 

I think the original intent of the word probably had to do more with war and fighting than it did everyday life. When I feel like giving up, saying,  “I won’t SURRENDER!!” makes me feel like a warrior! Strong. Resilient. Brave. 

When things get hard in life, remember those words, “I won’t SURRENDER!!” I think they will help you like they help me.