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Today's
Meditation:
When I say that I want to be a strong person, I pretty
much never think about lifting weights and developing
muscles. To me, that's not being a strong person,
but rather being a person with a strong body.
There's a huge difference there. I've known many
people with strong bodies who aren't strong people at all,
and I've known many people whose bodies haven't been
particularly strong who have shown more strength than most
other people that I've known or seen or read about.
My strength lies in how I deal with adversity and how I'm
able to contribute to the world in which I live. If
I want to be strong, then I need to be fully aware of the
challenges that face me and not back down before those
that matter. But I also need to be able to
distinguish between those that truly matter and those that
don't, for backing down before challenges that don't
really matter is definitely a sign of strength rather than
weakness. The strong person will discern between the
necessary and the unnecessary, the important and the
trivial, and act in accordance with her or his
discernment, no matter how much others may criticize or
mock them.
When we put our powers to use for the greater good, for
the good of others and not just ourselves and those in our
own personal spheres, then we're showing true
strength. We're showing the world that we're strong
when we don't let other people get us down and we do what
we feel called to do in spite of nay-sayers and
critics. Our strength is in our perseverance when
things don't look like they're going to work out, and in
walking away from situations that truly need to be walked
away from.
We all have great strength within us, but unfortunately
not all of us are able to tap into it regularly. One
of our goals in life always should be to use our strength
to improve this world, and that means recognizing,
practicing, and trusting the strength that we've been
given.
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