Friday, May 21, 2010

How much is Too Much?

At what point, do you stop and say 'Enough'?

  • Is it when the jack ass break ups with you at first fight?

  • or when your boss starts treating you like his secretary?

  • when you're not sure if it's comfort thats keeping you together?

  • when he cannot hear what you are saying coz he is too busy looking at you?

  • when he screams at the slightest thing to the point of hysteria?

  • when the job you struggled to get folds up in 3 weeks?

  • When he dates your best friend?

  • when your ex meets someone new at an event you organised?

  • when he cheated on you time after time for 3 years?

  • when the love of your life tells you he is getting married coz he cannot wait for you forever?

  • when you stopped learning at the job but are continuing out of timidness?
I always wonder about people's thresholds - what is the one step that makes the line a dot?
Some people have the ability to take much more than others but at what point, do you need to say this is it?
This has been on my mind for a while with a friend whose life turned upside down. She was always a 'doer' and had a good life with some blips prior but this last strain of bad luck seemed to turn her into a different person. I realised to me, that was enough - when the issues change who you are, the break needs to be made - when you look at yourself and you struggle to recognise the person - I think you need to say 'Enough' - I need to cut my losses and move on with life. This need to prove something to yourself, to make the experience worthwhile is not worth it for me if at the end of the day, I lose myself to prove it.