Day TwentySix: Break down or through?
We spend most of our lives trying to hold it together. We grip tightly to control, image, and certainty like they’re life rafts. Because in some ways, they really are.
Falling apart feels dangerous. It means admitting something isn’t working. It means being seen without the mask. Without our guard up.
And, that’s terrifying.
But here’s the truth most of us try to avoid: Falling apart isn’t failure…it’s the beginning of real change.
When the hustle breaks down. When the strategies don’t work. When the image can’t be maintained. In those moments we finally come face to face with our true selves. Not the version we sell to others.
Nope.
The real one. The tired one. The one that’s been holding its breath for way too long.
It’s in that collapse, messy, unscripted, humbling, that a new kind of strength begins to emerge. Not the strength of pushing through. The strength of letting go.
You don’t have to pretend anymore.
You don’t have to muscle through it.
You don’t need a tighter grip, what you need is an open open heart and mind.
Yes, falling apart hurts. But from what I’ve discovered, that soul-crushing pain leads to clarity.
And, from that clarity comes something honest. Something alive. Not a 2.0 version of us.
But, a life more grounded, more free.
You start to realize:
This isn’t the breakdown.
This is the breakthrough.
Mantra \ Prayer:
Today, I choose to embrace the breakthrough.
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Steve Knox | Alabama