Rock Bottom

When you hit rock bottom.

What happens?

People say there's no way but up. Is this true?

I don't know. Could it be that some people just stay at the bottom, get comfortable there. Maybe they climb up, but only slightly up the sides and stay there. Again, I don't know. I would want to hope not.

I'd like to hope that when people hit rock bottom, they start to climb, eventually reaching the top of their hole. Where there's a new landscape, one very different than when they fell into the hole. A little like exiting a pipe in super mario world....

They then start walking away from the hole they came out of and start on their new journey. Their new journey. In this different world. Leaving the hole they were once in behind. This new landscape is full of new adventures.

But it's also filled with new potential holes for them to fall in. And they might fall into them. But falling in or avoiding them, as much as humanly possible, is all about being careful when they are walking around. They could run fast, be careless, get carried away with reaching a destination, not really caring about the mess they cause along the way. The result of this is that maybe they'd get to some destination, but a lot of times they wouldn't get anywhere they were specifically hoping for. They also wouldn't learn anything along the way. They'd become bored and restless, giving up, because they just ran through quickly.

Thinking back to when I was a kid, this is how I played video games. I would go through fast, give watchers the impression of confidence, but I burn out quickly, lose confidence, have a hard time pushing through obstacles and eventually quit. Especially when it got hard. I'd seem foolish, give myself too much credit for my abilities. Many times I'd have trouble sticking to a game, enjoying the landscape along the way, taking my time, being patient, pushing through obstacles.

This could be an analogy to how I've lived my life as an adult. I think something sounds like a good idea. I'd do it for a while, put my heart and soul into it, then give out. A little like falling carelessly into a hole. Without any energy to save myself as I fall all the way to the bottom.

What I have to work on is to play the game a little more carefully, but I also have to get better at playing the game my way. When I do then I can avoid the holes better. And also, I can remember that when I do enter the holes to alway reach my arms out and catch myself before I fall to far down. Then I can simply climb out and go on my way. I think playing too carefully, might keep you from avoiding the holes all together, but then there would be no thrill. And I think no matter who we are, where we come from, or where we are going, we're all looking to challenge ourselves and thrive on our accomplishments.

And with all this that I said, maybe some of us aren't into video games at all....