Elastic Limit

Stress and strain. These terms might be defined in physics as the ratio of force per unit area and the ratio of the change in a dimension over the original. The ratio of stress and strain is called the elastic modulus, which further determines the capacity of the material to be deformed.

As said by Dr Christopher Monterola in his lecture today, things same as the different forms of stress and strain also apply in our lives. When pressure comes into one's life and if all of it were concentrated in just one part of a person, he is more prone to being deformed by the challenges of life. He may even not survive that pressure and just break down.

Through those challenges in life, our elastic limits are being tested. Different persons, just like different things, have different elastic limits. There are those who are as tough as iron. However, sometimes, these things just don't matter. The more important thing, despite our elastic limit, is our ability to balance all the pressures.

After all, you will see that a thing with a very weak elastic limit might even overcome the strongest one.