Day 18: Don't Give Up “Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.” ― Anne Lamott Today, I’m just showing up to… stay alive. Sounds harsh, but sometimes its all I can do to concentrate keeping my blood levels in order, especially with the weather wreaking havoc on it.