We all have our limits. The point at which we reach our cut off. Our maximum capacity. Whether we choose it or it chooses it for us. Whether it be shopping, alcohol, work, snow, relationships. We can only do & take so much before things eventually boil over into the overflow tank.   I learned this with my little two year old neighbor “Vivi” as I was trying to bargain with her for a diaper change the other evening. About the 4th time I asked her if I could PLEASE change her diaper so we could put some PJ’s on and go to bed, she very assertively put her hand up to my face and said, “ENOUGH!!” like the little sassy pants gal she has magnificently become. It was equal parts funny and impressive. To see such a little person communicate her feelings of “don’t push me anymore, I’ve had ENOUGH. I’m at my limit with you asking me to do something I don’t want to do.” Was just really quite astounding to me. Who taught her that? Did she know what she was saying or how she was conveying her thoughts & feelings to me? 

   I asked her mom, Anna and we both agreed that it’s just part of her wonderfully strong personality and what makes her the little dynamo we know and love. 

    So how do we know when we’ve reached our limits? When we too, have had ENOUGH? I certainly have had enough of the snow and cold weather this year, but I’m not sure there is much I can control about that outcome. I can however, control things like wearing a proper winter coat, which I finally decided to invest in after I had reached my capacity for being cold and just needed something to keep me warmer than what I had been wearing. 

    I think sometimes it just takes the courage to have a good look inside and think, “does this thing really make me happy? Am I being fulfilled by this?” Or have I now had ENOUGH of it. Because whether it’s a job you’re working in day after day or a that last glass of wine you maybe didn’t need. A dying relationship or an out of trend sweater you’ve been holding onto for one too many seasons, there is a point in life, where enough is enough & there is a need for change. To cleanse and start over fresh. Because believe it or not, there actually can be too much of a “GOOD THING”.