Breaking Point

Have you ever noticed whenever you feel you are at your breaking point there is runway left? We are so much stronger than we realize. But eventually we hit it. It seems to me it’s never something big. The straw breaks the camels back.

There is a peace in hitting your breaking point. Whatever you were trying so hard to hang into, is let go. There is a moment of failure, but the the recovery can begin. The recovery is so much easier than the moments, maybe days, leading up to your breaking point.

We have very little control of our lives. One of my favourite short stories is written by Leo Tolstoy, titled What Men Live By. It talks about three truths. What lives in Man. What is not given Man and what men live by. The part I’m referring to now is what is not promised man. We are not promised tomorrow. We are not promised success. We are not promised health. We are not even promised another sunrise. Yet, we spend all our time trying to shape our fate. Something we really have very little control over. This hanging on, wanting something, is what causes me stress. I am learning the hard way that the best path for me is to wake up every day, ask God for strength, ask him to look after those I love, and then go out and do my best.

Hanging on to things out of my control makes me unhappy. It’s arrogance. Who am I? I am entitled to the path I choose, but I have no right to try to dictate to anyone else what they should do.

To steal a line from a new and amazing friend, “What am I trying to say?” Well I think if myself or anyone else is nearing a breaking point, it’s for their own good. God has a way of being right, and we can try all we like to do things “our way” but you might as well walk over to a cement wall and start banging your head against it. Take it from a man who has had his fair share of headaches.

Bet the farm, go for broke, strive for the things you want, but remember it just may not be in the cards no matter what you do, and this is best recognized by the feeling of an upcoming, and the passing of our breaking points. You didn’t fail, it was not meant to be. It was never promised to you. Accept God knows what’s best, lean on him, and see which great thing succeeds your latest breaking point.

If you read this far, Thank you. Tris.