Some people might have seen it coming. A few may have mentioned it to you or even warned you out of love or out of judgment.
Others may have encouraged you and admired the strong will in you to carry on and do what you've been doing. Certain people even go as far as wishing they were able to do what you do.
You on the other side however did not see it coming!
Like death and taxes, it is a certainty in life that all of us have a unconscious default coping mechanism when it comes to dealing with emotional stress. Some of us start to eat, others drink, revert to porn or sex, others may turn to work or exercise.
When you experience regular or constant emotional stress that are not being dealt with in a healthy manner to achieve a successful outcome, your default coping mechanism will build up and build up till it eventually reaches a tipping point.
The Law of Consequences
Everything we do or say in life has consequences. Therefore in the build up process to this tipping point you might have experienced consequences that tried to get your attention, make you aware of what is busy happening. The consequences however is one thing in life that we are NOT in control of. So the heart attack as a result of your eating was a consequence you were not in control of. The car accident you were involved in was a consequence you were not in control of, nor the two people who died in the accident or you loosing your leg. You did not choose for your spouse to walk out on you because of having slept with someone else, but it did happen.
We end up spending almost all our time and energy trying to influence these consequences when we reach the tipping point, but you are not in control of them.
You might sit now, looking back, and see how your spouse warned you time and time again when you were busy watching porn which eventually may have led to you taking the step to sleep with someone else. You wish you paid attention to that thought that rushed through your head when you had to buy larger clothes as your previous ones did not fit anymore, when you woke up at home having passed out on the sofa from drinking and it was only lunch time.
The Choices Ahead
You might be wondering what now? If you are that is a great thing. The tipping point has a greater purpose in life and that is to wake you up and get you on the path that you were created for! So take this chance you have been given. Grow in your character and learn, start making good choices and surround yourself with people who support this process with experience.
This is the one thing that you are in control of when you are willing to start living with greater awareness...and that one thing is your choices. As your choices become better the consequences you experience in life will also get better.
So start listening to those voices in your head or from others close to you. Reflect on them to see if maybe you need to pay attention before you reach the tipping point. Take this opportunity to get real and BE REAL about your life. No harm in asking someone the question.
You are worth it!
