Hello invincible people.
I know you're out there; you are more common than most think. Anyone who has met his or her struggles and tried to keep going despite them is probably a member of this crew. I have so much respect for you guys. You are the people who turn ambition from dreams into a reality. You are the heroes who spawn the legends of socioeconomic mobility. You teach us what it means to be a good person in a bad place.
There are a lot of varieties of invincible people. Some people fill their lives past the breaking point with work and school (I definitely fall into this category). Others courageously endure immense emotional stress. A few people just try really hard to do the right thing. I’m sure that even more categories than these exist; I only know what I experience and what I perceive. I don’t know which one or ones you are, but if you fight hard against the perils of this world then you have a place on this spectrum.
Trying to be invincible can be pretty hard. And when I say pretty hard, I actually mean impossible. If you're anything like me, you spend a lot of your time trying to trick yourself into believing you can achieve your goals, regardless of their attainability or lack thereof. You can lose yourself in trying to survive. But you promise yourself it will be worth it. No matter how stressful life becomes, you can justify your lifestyle since your entire value system is built around it.
It kind of sucks. I’ve been there. I still am there a little bit. But the fact of the matter is that none of us is actually invincible; at the end of the day, we are just human beings. Humans, no matter what we are doing, are very limited in what we can do. The successes we strive after will always be finite.
With that in mind, I recommend giving yourself a break. Sometimes that takes place very literally; you actually have to let yourself break. We all have to sometime. If it is human to have limits, denying these limits would be inhumane. So admit to yourself that you can't stand up straight forever and instead sit down or curl up into a pitiful little ball if that's your style.
Whether you are trying to resist physical, emotional or intellectual pain in your life, letting yourself loose isn't going to make you a worse person. It's not like you are suddenly going to give up on what you value in life. You're merely going to approach it in a more healthy way. It may or may not reduce how fast or well you achieve your goals, but either way is okay. Letting go of the strain can sometimes have the effect of improving your output. Don't pretend that you actually know how your decisions affect the future.
So take it easy, please. Invincibility is a silly lie and will only ever hurt us.
