Boiling Point

Albert Smith once said, ~Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.~ Each and every one of us feels as if the weight of the world rests entirely on our shoulders. We all have or are experiencing certain pressures in our personal, academic, or professional lives to the point that it most certainly affects us physically, mentally, and emotionally. Let me ask you this question, if I asked you if you are currently dealing with pressure what would you say? I would assume that you all are probably nodding your head yes because, in some aspect, like can be considered one big pressure cooker. A pressure cooker, that if left on the stove too long, will explode and the shiznit will hit the fan.

For the most part, certain people thrive on pressure because it essentially gets a person more focused on what he or she has to do. For the adrenaline rush tha one feels can give each of us that added boost to accomplish certain tasks that one's heart may not be in. Speaking for myself, I'm at times a procrastinator and will wait till the night before to complete something that is due the next day. Yet, when the pressure is on, my focus is to get my project accomplished and not let any distractions get in the way. Personally speaking, when the chips are down on the proverbial gaming table of life, do you keep folding or do you keep raising the stakes in your favor?

Without a doubt, telling someone how you feel for him or her is considered one the greatest pressures in life to go through, trust me I know. Without a doubt, a person can't eat and will lose so much sleep that he or she continually looks up at the ceiling debating on whether or not to tell him or her how you feel. Whether it's loving someone or liking someone, not being able to share your feelings with that person can be a tough situation due to one's own past heartaches that tend to stay with a person. Inevitably, it's that added pressure on one's already heavy laden shoulders to speak from one's heart and reveal how you feel about him or her and not have that same person tear your heart in half.

Thinking about it, there is a certain amount of pressure that I put on myself to try to top every yodaism that is sent out to you all. In some way, I'm pushing myself to keep coming up with topics that generally every person goes through on a semi-daily basis, which puts pressure on me to keep what I write and send to you fresh and not have it sound like you've read the same thing over and over again. Essentially, I've done a good job trying to convey my thoughts into words, which are then sent to you guys. Hopefully, it makes sense to you because half the time it doesn't make sense to me; but whether or not you don't understand the words, the message is loud, clear, and touches your heart and soul.

In retrospect, the pressures of life that each of us go through tests the limits of how much we can take until we crack. In some ways, we are like a pinata and life is just continually hitting us with a stick to see what emotions will fall out. Undoubtedly, there will come a point where life will push the right buttons and have one just fall apart mentally, emotionally, and/or physically. Yet, the only person that knows our limitations and how far we can physically and mentally go to the point where we don't go postal due to the overwhelming pressure is ourselves. In the end, when the pressures of life have reached a boiling point, simply let out some steam(crying, screaming, breaking stuff, etc.) and you'll feel a whole lot better.