Ryan+Brown

THIS, I BELIEVE I believe that you should never give up. I believe that you should never stop believing.

If you stop believing in yourself or give up on yourself, how will others have faith in you to do what you say you will? They may not even believe you can do anything more difficult than what you have shown. If you don’t always do your best, how will anyone else believe you can do better? This summer, I had a full time job. I understood what it meant to work all day and have to do things for the company. When it came to the busy season, I decided one day that the company didn’t need me after 5, when we normally close, so I took off and went to hang out with my friends, instead of staying much later to help out. The next day, I found out everyone had to work a lot later than what they would have had to if I had stayed, and that, because of my absence, we were now way behind.

Even when I thought I was just a lowly employee, I never understood how much faith my boss had in me. I had always done what I said I would, and performed to my fullest capabilities. When I left to go be with my friends, I lost the trust I had made with him; not only him, but everyone in the company. They showed me what it means to always give one hundred and ten percent.

A while back, one of my friends was hit with the loss of one of their best friends because of teenage drama. They were devastated, having spent the majority of their childhood with this person. They lost so much of their self confidence. After this went on for a while longer, other people stopped talking to them because of how down they always were, and that hurt their pride and self esteem even more. One day, I had a talk with this person, and I told them they should have more self confidence, and more people would talk to them again, and life would get back on track. They tried this out, and lately have been becoming more and more popular again, all because they believed in themselves.