Strength Comes

Today's Quote:
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
Mahatma Gandhi

A body will weaken with age; no matter what we do it cannot retain the power enjoyed during youth. The will on the other hand never loses the capacity to grow stronger, gain mass, and carry even the most wasted body with dignity and grace. The package we come in is not always a castle, but the contents are of regal value... as long as we treasure what really matters.

It may take a lifetime to truly realize that how we view ourselves, is how other eyes come to see us.  We cannot look to others to define who we are, or we never do more than exist inside the tight pattern cut by foreign hands. Words said by the mean spirited can shake confidence, but if we stop somewhere between the hearing and the believing we come to understand that words used as weapons always have an agenda that often has little or nothing to do with us.

A bully or a liar never has anything in mind except control of some fashion or another. They use words to put others off balance to hide their own shallow actions and petty deeds. Charm can hide as much deceit, and makes it much harder to separate what is fact from what is an act. Rose colored glasses serve them well.

Seeing them clearly takes time, finding the will to dismiss their value takes exercise. Sometimes they alter their behavior, sometimes they don't... but buying into their bullshit is always a mistake. Our will is often the only thing that keeps us upright and sane, when life is doing its very best to knock us down.
 
Indomitable means unconquerable, while will is a fixed and persistent intent or purpose... something done by design. Each of us has the capacity to direct our journey in a magical way, by our steadfast determination to be the best person we can be... no matter the cost. Think about it... let it ride... then YOU decide!!!