We talk about having a melt-down like it is a bad thing but having recently had what I consider to be a serious melt-down I now think it is a good thing. I've bounced back a little stronger with a new purpose and vigour in my life.
Think of melting down chocolate - what do you get? Ganache. What could be nicer? You take something perfectly good, melt it down add a few minor ingredients and you get something better and way more versatile. You can use it for icing, filling, decorating etc. etc. Without a melt-down it would still be "just chocolate".
With a personal melt-down, you go crazy - nothing makes sense, you become paranoid, you cry a river of tears, listen to really sad country music, cry even more and drink a little too much alcohol - OK, drink way too much alcohol, Then, if you are lucky, you get to meet with your girl friends and enjoy fabulous Thai food for dinner, drink a little champagne and they reassure you that you are great and doing really well. You then give yourself a serious talking to and promise to get your life back on track, eat healthy food and stop drinking alcohol, promise to ring up about those guitar lessons. Voila, a melt down with a few added extras and you have come out the other side a better and stronger person.
What about aluminium - an amazingly strong metal and it comes from melting-down bauxite. Well, I think that's how it's made anyway. I am sure it a little more complex than that but as this is my blog I have editorial licence. Without melt-downs we wouldn't have discovered aluminium which is used to make all sorts of stuff, i.e. drink cans, aluminium foil etc. etc.
When glass melts down, you can create amazing art and glass sculptures. Without a melt-down, all you have is boring old glass ...
Without melt-downs, we would all just stay the same. We wouldn't be re-inventing ourselves to grow and develop. A melt-down makes you stop and question, makes you ask how you can improve and be stronger.
Next time I am looking down the barrel of a melt-down, I shall embrace it and use it to toughen up.
Think of melting down chocolate - what do you get? Ganache. What could be nicer? You take something perfectly good, melt it down add a few minor ingredients and you get something better and way more versatile. You can use it for icing, filling, decorating etc. etc. Without a melt-down it would still be "just chocolate".
With a personal melt-down, you go crazy - nothing makes sense, you become paranoid, you cry a river of tears, listen to really sad country music, cry even more and drink a little too much alcohol - OK, drink way too much alcohol, Then, if you are lucky, you get to meet with your girl friends and enjoy fabulous Thai food for dinner, drink a little champagne and they reassure you that you are great and doing really well. You then give yourself a serious talking to and promise to get your life back on track, eat healthy food and stop drinking alcohol, promise to ring up about those guitar lessons. Voila, a melt down with a few added extras and you have come out the other side a better and stronger person.
What about aluminium - an amazingly strong metal and it comes from melting-down bauxite. Well, I think that's how it's made anyway. I am sure it a little more complex than that but as this is my blog I have editorial licence. Without melt-downs we wouldn't have discovered aluminium which is used to make all sorts of stuff, i.e. drink cans, aluminium foil etc. etc.
When glass melts down, you can create amazing art and glass sculptures. Without a melt-down, all you have is boring old glass ...
Without melt-downs, we would all just stay the same. We wouldn't be re-inventing ourselves to grow and develop. A melt-down makes you stop and question, makes you ask how you can improve and be stronger.
Next time I am looking down the barrel of a melt-down, I shall embrace it and use it to toughen up.
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