PERHAPS THE GREATEST POWER ONE CAN POSSIBLY HAVE IS PERSEVERANCE.
I didn’t really have any posts planned for today, but I was awake early and felt the need to try doing something creative.
Power can come in many different forms, and we all have our own unique powers. Some may be physically stronger than others, while another may be more “book smart” than others. And yet another may be more “street smart” than those around them.
We all have our strengths and weaknesses. Our pros and cons, as it were.
But one power we should all attempt to activate and curate? Resilience.
Some people are more resilient than others. Whether they’re born with it, it’s thrust upon us or some mixture of many things, it’s just what it is.
Some days I don’t feel very resilient. Yesterday was one of those days.
It gets tiresome falling, or getting knocked down what feels like endlessly. Sometimes staying down just feels a hell of a lot easier.
What makes me get back up? Ego? Pride? Habit? Stupidity? Likely “all of the above” to some degree or another.
As I look at it through a more logical and detached lens this morning, I almost feel like resilience is something like a muscle. It needs to be trained to get bigger and stronger.
Weight training, at it’s core, is breaking down the muscle so it grows back stronger. Is life not similar? Is resilience the result of getting torn down and us growing back stronger?
I don’t know if that’s true or accurate, but for today, it makes sense to me, so I am rolling with it and trying my best to build that muscle back up.
Stay powerful, and stay resilient.
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