Strive

Have you ever come to a point when you're striving so hard for something, chasing after a certain goal, but only to find yourself standing at the threshold of breaking down instead.
You lose ground of what you are, what you can do and what you want to do.
You're shaken in the inside.

If you think about it, striving has its backlash.
When you strive, you expect to see result.
That would be the natural reaction.
But what if you strive so hard, improved, reach the peak of your capacity and then you hit a dead end.
That's it.
You improve no further, or at least you feel you improve no further.
You feel as if your capacity to improve has reached its high time and your striving efforts are now coming to no avail.
What do you do then?

I was reading an article on the famous/infamous footballer, Eric Cantona.
When he was asked why he chose to retire, his answer was that he felt he couldn't improve any longer, which according to him, eventually dampen his passion for the sport.

So is striving a good thing or a bad thing now?

I'm pretty sure some of my floorball mates who will be reading this entry will go "aiya, chris mental tak kuat larrrr..." Haha.
It's not so much about me.
I know I still can improve, at least a bit more lar.
It's something that got me thinking while talking to some of my friends who used to be sportsmen.
More of "mental exercise" than "mental tak kuat".. :)

For me, it's about going at it again.... and again... and again... and again... again... again... again... again...