Sunday, December 11, 2011

Strong vs. Weak

How are you feeling today? Physically? Emotionally? If the answer is "strong," then you are correct in today's society. If you answered "weak," then society tells us that you have some work to do. Where did these ideas come from? Does strength always overpower weakness? Can the weak ever win?


People go through difficult times; they are forced to overcome and defeat. These times do take strength; however, this comes from many moments of weakness. The times when we cry and seek help are forced to be hidden. We are unable to share those with too many people; we have to look strong to the world. Why? 


I heard Garth Brooks's "Standing Outside the Fire"


"We call them strong 
Those who can face this world alone 
Who seem to get by on their own 
Those who will never take the fall... 


We call them weak 
Who are unable to resist 
The slightest chance love might exist 
And for that forsake it all" 


If someone is forced to face this world alone, they will have times of weakness. If someone is unable to resist, they will become stronger. Each day is about growing stronger through recognizing the weaknesses. 


No one knows what strength looks like, nor weakness. We all just know that being weak is unacceptable. It should be strength that we strive for each day. I would like to challenge this, for it is the weak moments that make us strong. Embracing these moments make us stronger each day. Life is not about defeating and hiding; it's about knowing and loving. 

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