I recently discovered that one of the most significant causes of emotional instability for me is being under the wrong kinds of pressure.
And I say the wrong kinds of pressure because not all pressure is bad.
In fact, pressure can be incredibly beneficial.
I look back at many high-pressure moments in my young adult life fondly
because even though they were absolutely horrifying in the moment,
uncomfortable,
scary, honestly, even at times miserable, I came out the other side a better person,
a more flexible person, a more confident person.
It's almost like we're rocks.
And the more good pressure we have on us, the more that we develop into a diamond.
Diamonds form when carbon atoms bond together under intense heat and pressure deep within the earth.
Imagine that we are carbon atoms.
And imagine positive.
healthy forms of pressure in our lives turn us into diamonds.
Isn't that just a beautiful metaphor?
Enjoy that metaphor.
Take that with you.
Good pressure can be really good.
Bad pressure, on the other hand,
a type of pressure that I think we all tend to pay less attention to can be detrimental.