Realization Post #1

I've decided to start sharing my daily realizations I've been having as of late. Today's moment of realization revolves around the idea of strengths and weaknesses. I'm finding that often peoples' strengths and what makes them successful can also be their weaknesses and what can cause them to, for lack of a better term, fail. In essence, the different qualities we posses can work with us or against us, but what determines that? Unfortunately, I don't have an answer to this question, but it's something interesting to think about, isn't it? Perhaps it's timing, the situation, who or what you're dealing with...maybe it's a combination of all of the above.

I'll use myself as an example here if anyone still has no clue what I'm talking about. I'm an extremely caring person...maybe even too caring as I'm starting to see. It's hard for me not to give a fuck about anything I'm involved in. I've always viewed this as a strength of mine; It drives me, inspires me and pushes me to put 100% into everything I do. However, when things don't work out it's extremely hard for me to let go because, chances are, I've invested as much as possible into whatever it is and care far too much to watch it turn to nothing so easily. I don't just drive the car until it breaks down and then get out and walk away. I'm in there trying to restart it again and again and again and until it finally hits me that there's nothing more I can do for it and even then I still don't walk away from it....I drag myself away. Caring so much makes it so hard for me to let go. Thus, caring = my strength + my weakness. Capeesh?