On being defeated or giving up...

“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” Marilyn vos Savant

I will repeat that phrase like a mantra. I cannot and will not give up. Why should I? Noone, including me, should ever give up their aspirations and dreams. Regardless of the many times we've knocked on permanently close doors and windows, the discouraging words we might have heard and the zillion times we've seen others who care a lot less, nor are they talented, getting the opportunities we've worked at achieving for a long time, before they even knew that was what they wanted.