Fear is the word I think of when I imagine driving a stick shift, snow and even being blind folded. We do not know what is on the other side of that mountain, what it is we cannot see and if we are hitting the gas and clutch just right to make it to the top.
Life is scary. Every choice we make can effect our future and what we do with our life over the next few moments. A wrong turn in a car, a word said to the wrong person, or even a pray for what it is that we truly want in life can impact us beyond belief.
I have come to the conclusion that being strong is a choice. It is not something we are born with but something we learn. It is something we choose to do. Choosing to live our lives without fear of what we do not know and accepting consequences or rewards to our choices is what I believe is strength.
Strength is being honest even when it hurts.
Strength is choosing to do what is right.
Strength is allowing your heart to love unconditionally.
Strength is closing your eyes and jumping off that cliff knowing that there may or may not be someone there to catch you but you will be okay either way.
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone” Henrik Ibsen
And my personal favorite that came from a skating magazine during and interview with a Roller Derby Girl:
"When I fall, I get up, I needed to practice my recovery anyway".
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