i was thinking this morning about why many people "need" to hit rock bottom before they can begin to change and improve their lives. an analogy occurred to me:
a person's life is sometimes like a basketball. in order to bounce back, it has to hit the pavement first.
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I think it is because they often do not see the real need for change in their lives until how they are living does not work for them anymore and then they hit "rock bottom" and learn to move up from there.
I agree with Rose. Until you fully see that how you are living your life isn't what will make you happy and have a fulfilled life you have to hit your personal rock bottom. Everyone's is different. Just as my rock bottom with what happened with Darren. Everyone told me to just let it go. I couldn't until I saw exactly how detrimental the communication with him was for me. Weird how that works huh? :)
You know a lot more about this, in your profession, than I do. In some cases it's probably important for someone to hit the pavement and rebound themselves.
Do you think there are some times when it's better for someone to reach out and catch them before rock bottom is an issue? I'm not sure.
- Texas T-bone
Great analogy!
The metaphor extends: in basketball, you must keep dribbling to stay in the game...
Well, you can try to reach out before people hit rock bottom but they may not be receptive to it. And I'm not sure it really is "rock bottom." No matter how bad things are (and I mean really bad) they can always be worse. You can always add one more thing... Things just have to really suck for some people to be unhappy with their situation enough to want change. Some people get used to living with a ton of crap and things have to get super bad. Others get frustrated when things just start to drift downhill and make change then, never having to get close to rock bottom.
I do think that "rock bottom" is different for everyone. Perhaps what one person would perceive as rock bottom, another would not.
This is a good conversation.
I would say that unrequited love is not as rock bottom as being in love and losing it.
But it still sucks.
I know all about looking around at how worse life is for other people, and it is. Doesn't help too much.
Bring on more Joel Osteen.
I agree, Mark. Looking at how bad others have it doesn't make me feel good. I try to focus on what I do have, not what I don't. Also, looking at what others DO have and sometimes telling them about it can be illuminating to THEM! =)
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