Do we build or chip-away?

The twelve apostles stood for many centuries defying the wind and the waves that lash relentlessly at the foundations until at last they succeeded in bringing down one mighty structure. It was inevitable as there was nothing to replace that which the elements chip away.

Like the structures of stone, we took can only take so much before succumbing to emotional collapse. But unlike that of the earth, we can replace that which are lost to things that hurt us. Praises, appreciation and love contributes to building the human resilience but if not given often enough to offset the losses, we will end up like the pile of rocks.