When Rock Bottom Is Lower Than You Thought

No one’s going to appear at the top and throw you down a rope.

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My family has lost not one but two homes. My dad has found success in many businesses, only for them to fail.

We lost our car, for nearly two months, I was the primary provider for my family, and we’ve reached low after low.

They say hitting rock bottom isn’t all bad because the only way you can go is up. All you can do is take steps to get out of the hole you’re in.

But what happens when your rock bottom isn’t really your rock bottom? What if you keep getting lower and lower?

Instead of getting closer to fresh air, you get farther and farther away from it until the sky has become a mere speck.

I don’t know why that happens. I don’t know if the universe is playing some sick game or if She’s testing us.

I don’t know when you’ll really know you’ve hit the ground so low it starts burning your feet.

I don’t know if you’ll have to climb up a ladder step by step to get out, or if the ground will explode and blast you to the top like some cheesy cartoon because you’ve suffered so much.

But there are two things I do know.