UNDER PRESSURE.

"You wouldn't know how strong you are until you are faced with challenges", X. 

Now, this is a two way thing, you also won't know how weak you are until you are faced with serious shits. When placed under so much pressure you either become refined( grow into a better version of you) or cracked (Flops and regress), therefore the pressure point is a critical point. 

Whenever we become too relax at our level performance, life imposes an additional/marginal variable on us which kicks us off balance. 

You never know how stupid you are until a situation that expresses stupidity present itself, just like in the case of the story of the prodigal son.

I like to stick to Mr Pojomatics's perspective of the story that says both sons were stupid yet one went on to explore the borders of his stupidity. While, the other never gave himself the opportunity to express his, so he thought himself wise, whereas he wasn't. 

To know the nature of a man take him out of his comfort zone and place him under pressure. Like a fish on land, it will take him only a while before he crashes or rather learn to survive. 

At high pressure treasures like gold and silver shows their true nature and so does a man. They can't hide who they are under pressure. Like me for example, if I'm stressed and sleep starved if you offend me, wallai, you won't believe it's same me. Because we all hide behind masks, show off our good side yet certain degrees of pressure can easily unravel the hidden. 

Dearest reader, it is advisable to not crack under pressure instead let it refine you into this fine wine. 

@favvy_Okwans🖤.