Bugs Hitting My Windshield

Okay, I admit it.  I love trivia.  Ever since I can remember, I was obsessed with gathering tidbits of knowledge.  No, I do not play trivial pursuit.  But I have been known to “run” several categories while watching Jeopardy.

I recently ran across a fact that has stuck in my head.  Why? 
Maybe it got lodged in my noggin because it was so “counter” to what I believed and / or thought.

A bug does not die when it hits the car windshield until the car is traveling at speeds of excess of 37mph.  Up until that point, bugs simply bounce off the windshield.

I am not going to go into the how and why of this fact.  And, I am not going to question the 37mph.

What I would like to focus on in this week’s blog is that bug hitting the windshield.

Such a tiny creature going along about its day and boing – it bounces off the car windshield.

So the question here is – “At what speed is it that each one of us stops bouncing off life’s windshield and we simply splatter?”

What is it that makes you crumble?

Is it a combination of things?  Is it a conglomerate of work stress, deadlines, family issues and life casualties that flattens you against life’s windshield?

What is your limit?  What’s your breaking point?

Do you even know your breaking point?

If we know – at what point we splatter – then it seems to me that we can work on raising that bar to enable us to cope with life at a higher level.

Often times it IS a mixture of tragedies, catastrophes, and happenstances that push us to our brink.  Or better put, “we allow ourselves to reach THAT point.” 

We must first and foremost recognize that issues happen on the road of life.  From there, we must realize that it is our reaction or our response that trigger a series of other reactions and responses.  i.e. touch a hot stove, burn your hand, maybe yell out a scream of pain, and possibly cuss.

So, if we can deal with the first issue (such as the stove being hot) then we can choose whether to react or respond.
BUT if we do not acknowledge the burner on the stove as being hot – we subject ourselves to getting burnt.

So, getting back to the bugs – if we train ourselves to bounce off more and more issues, bumps and hiccups in the road of life – then we can focus more on progress, forging forward in a positive manner – spending less and less time being stymied by episodes in life.

Try it.  Figure out your 37mph – then get to work on you. 

Can you raise your breaking point to 40mph?  How about 50mph?

The higher your breaking point, the more people will come to know you as the “steady Eddie” that nothing rattles.

It’s your choice………..bounce or splatter……………37mph or 50mph…….react or respond…………panic or rationally deal…………….   

Have a great week

Ron  

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