Except for saying that every day we go through in this life... We are crucified.
Not in the literal sense... Obviously. But metaphorically.
We do not go through one day where there isn't something out there that hurts us in some way.
It may be you that hurts you. Or perhaps a family member, an employer, a teacher, a friend, a colleague, a total stranger... Or anyone, or anything else.
Something will always be there to hurt us. To throw us to the dogs. To crucify us.
Maybe you are the type of person who beats themselves up emotionally. Maybe you are constantly telling yourself that you aren't pretty enough. Or that you're stupid for getting that answer wrong. Or that you aren't a good enough friend. Or that you aren't popular enough.
Maybe work has been really hard lately and you haven't been seeming to perform at those impossible standards that your boss sets for you.. And you are constantly being told that you aren't doing good enough. You have been told you cold be let go any time.
Maybe your friends are the type of people that always take, but never give. Or they are always stabbing you in the back. Or perhaps they are both. And you just keep telling yourself that maybe if you were a better friend, or a better person, you wouldn't be having these problems with them. Or maybe all of their crap is finally just getting to you, but you don't have the courage to cut yourself off from them..
Whatever your situation is, whatever type of life you are living, you are always dealing with something hard every day.
Something or someone is always pounding those nails into your body... Or throwing you into a dark tomb and covering the exit with a stone.
Even the strongest and most confident person out there will occasionally let things get to them. We are after all only human, it is impossible to always have it together, 100% of the time.
So the question isn't why you are letting these things get to you.. But instead... How long to you want to allow yourself to feel like this?
How long do you want to stay in that tomb? Yes there may be a boulder covering it... But guess what? You have the power to move it, whenever you want.
Just as someone, or perhaps your ego mind, moved that boulder to cover the exit, you can move it and open the exit.
Believe it or not, you can always shorten, or totally eliminate, the amount of time that you experience emotional pain or distress.
How long to you want to feel that anxiety? How long to you want to allow yourself to be depressed because of a mistake at work? How long are you going to talk down to yourself?
YOU
You are the key.
How long are YOU going to allow this to happen?
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