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 “Why I Admire the Ones Who Don’t Quit”

Daily writing prompt
What is something others do that sparks your admiration?

I admire people who keep going.

Not the polished ones.

Not the perfect ones.

Not the ones life gifted with comfort.

I admire the ones who rebuild themselves quietly.

The ones who crawl out of their old programming.

The ones who change without applause, without support, without anyone asking how they are.

I admire people who talk honestly.

Who tell the truth even when it makes them look weak.

Who look at the wreckage of their life and say, “Fine — I’ll start here.”

Maybe that’s why I’m drawn to discipline now.

To writing.

To drawing.

To cleaning up my life piece by piece.

Because survival disguised itself as mediocrity —

and I’m finally learning the difference.

I admire people who don’t quit.

Maybe because I’m finally becoming one of them.



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