What is the difference between giving up and surrender? Americans are not good at surrender. Not at giving up either. In fact, most of the unfortunate things that have happened to me in my life are a result of not giving up.
Yet, I think that it is the negative image giving up or surrender holds that makes us disinclined to take a different course, to let go of something/someone toxic, or to allow for the peace associated with the simple act of not fighting to replace the tenacious grip we have on some things.
