Principles to keep

Principles have never been something I have really thought about.  The only thing my parents have ever repeatedly told me, to make sure I never forget, is to remember where I come from. But that's not a principle that really has impacted me as much. That doesn't mean I don't think it's important. It's very important, but then again, if we go far back enough, don't we all come from the same place?  I, instead, like to, as Dory from Finding Nemo put it, "just keep swimming". "Just keep swimming" is basically another way of saying "go with the flow" and "don't give up". As much as we may roll our eyes when we hear this being told to us, it's really something that I repeatively tell myself and it's become a principle that I hold. It applies to everything. School, gymnastics, and that 8k that I recently ran (I REALLY hate running by the way). Everyone has reached a breaking point once and that's when we all need that little voice in our head that pushes us to keep going by saying "Don't give up". "Keep trying" is also something that's important. It's hard to imagine a world where everyone stops trying after the first failed attempt. Where would we be? Nowhere.

(I hate swimming too by the way. Oh, the irony. I admire you swimmers though. I would never be able to swim across a pool five billion times. That is why I am a gymnast.)

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