TURNING POINT

When can you give up? When will the zero hour “finally” be reached? What stupid truth does the defeated person have to face in order to admit defeat? When is the tipping point of a bleak, loss-making affair? When is the exact time to turn your back on this? What questions do you need to answer yourself in order to face defeat with open courage?

It is the clarity of going around in circles over and over again without even a glimmer of perspective. When the certainty of having given everything is confirmed. Then — then — you can stop fruitlessly digging for whatever it is. Another sure sign is when the same thing hurts over and over again. When the pain of constant disappointment takes over and is more powerful than hope. Recurring.

Hope, right, it dies last. And what comes next…?

….. the turning point.