Never give up! comes the well-meaning, merciless cry
Never stop improving, believing, working, achieving
Never stop striving, competing, accumulating, consuming
Never mind that you’re exhausted, bloated, bemused
Just don’t give up.

But what if we did - just give-up?

Let’s give up comparison: it’s a loser’s game anyway
Let’s give up looking good: and do some good looking instead
Let’s give up hoping: just the passive, ‘come-save-me’ kind, I mean
Let’s give up looking for a saviour: and keep faith with each other for a change
Let’s give up efforting: but keep engaging for sure
Let’s give up playing safe: and try playing in the safety
Let’s give up our craving for meaning: then gasp with delight when it taps us on the shoulder
Let’s give up our need to stand-out: and perhaps we’ll find the strength to stand-up

Giving up. It’s under-rated I think

Let’s give up accepting anyone else’s ideas about giving up

including these