The Tipping Point — Part 1
Our lives are like a wire between the Twin Towers. We walk against the dangerous winds, the infinite vibrations intended to throw us off our path, the fleeting moments where we are beaten by forces so strong, that we hang by the little finger on the wire, like a small slack on our lives.
How do we do it then? How do we make the walk from our beginning to our end, the twin towers?
It’s always been ‘balance’, the art of focusing on the tipping point. To answer the question, we make the fascinating walk, inspiring millions along the way by mastering the art, by becoming the artist. Is it too confusing? Am I thinking too much? After a couple minutes, you tell me. Am I?
Most of us are immensely ambitious. We take up more work than our plate can accommodate and usually end up writing cheques for our body more than it can cash. Ambition is what propels us forward, but if not kept in check, is the perilous wind that can skew our trajectory. Let’s focus on the picture, pinch and zoom. The first thing one realizes is they do not have the luxury of time. Everyone has been on this boat, but now the stakes are big. No time implicates extremely limited interaction with friends and family, which results in eventual ghosting, unintended friction and in all probability falling out. The backup cooling system from the machine has been taken away. If he operates at the same momentum, there’s more heat and less dissipation and this time the family starts getting the tinge through convection. Feeling the tension there are we?
Assuming I’m allowed to be optimistic, this tilt in balance is detrimental. It blows up in proportion in no time. It is now that we can pay tribute to our beloved Heath Ledger and remember.
“ As you know, madness is like gravity…all it takes is a little push.”
Now if we look on the other side of the grass, what do we notice? The presence of a drag, and this time our desires write cheques our reality cannot cash. It’s simply reversing the loop. The wind won’t be as strong, but the vibrations shall be significant enough to make one perspire. Standing at the edge of the cliff are we? The way out is the way through, maintain your position perfectly on both sides, or what we call it ‘balance’.
The potency of the tipping point is simply phenomenal. When one sways away, he often keeps falling in an empty space, and gets trapped in a paradox. Ambition is the first of many, which exist all around us in plain sight yet so concealed we usually never even scratch the surface. This is what the article aims at, directing your focus to the simplest of things which impact our lives in ways we cannot imagine.
This series is an initiative to draw your attention to small things which make a big difference. This is the first of many which follow! If you like the article, do drop a clap. Until then.
