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Strength and Courage  [message #12359] Wed, 09 July 2003 21:15 Go to next message
theerubberducky is currently offline  theerubberducky

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Strength and Courage

It takes strength to be firm.
It takes courage to be gentle.

It takes strength to stand guard.
It takes courage to let down your guard.

It takes strength to conquer.
It takes courage to surrender.

It takes strength to be certain.
It takes courage to have doubt.

It takes strength to fit in.
It takes courage to stand out.

It takes strength to feel a friend's pain.
It takes courage to feel your own pain.

It takes strength to hide your own pains.
It takes courage to show them.

It takes strength to endure abuse.
It takes courage to stop it.

It takes strength to stand alone.
It takes courage to lean on another.

It takes strength to love.
It takes courage to be loved.

It takes strength to survive.
It takes courage to live.

taken from http://luquette.org/

Author Unknown

Do you have strength courage or both?



"To the world you may be but one person, but to one person you may be the world!"

"Some people love you and some hate you.. those who hate don't know what they're missing and they're missing out!"

"Never underestimate your power to change yo
Re: Strength and Courage  [message #12364 is a reply to message #12359] Thu, 10 July 2003 00:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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According to those statements, I have a lot of strength. Now, I need to find the courage to find my way.
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smith...  [message #12365 is a reply to message #12364] Thu, 10 July 2003 04:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
nick is currently offline  nick

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You have more courage than anyone I know.

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Re: Strength and Courage  [message #12366 is a reply to message #12359] Thu, 10 July 2003 06:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

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In the right circumstances I have some courage. It's a start.



Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
icon6.gif Re: Strength and Courage  [message #12376 is a reply to message #12359] Thu, 10 July 2003 19:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Courage of the heart is rare,
but those who find it, those who dare,
will find strength is not enough alone,
but courage takes to bring them home.
So stand your ground and be well armed,
when courage is with strength to guard
for in the darkness of the night,
courage will test strength's pure might.
A simple thought has but two points to see:
Where courage and strength take you and me.



It's not the wolf you see you should fear, but all the ones he howls with. Don't be afraid of the song, but don't piss off the choir.
icon7.gif Re: Strength and Courage  [message #12386 is a reply to message #12359] Fri, 11 July 2003 01:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You are awsome ...... miss ya

Kevin



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Re: Strength and Courage  [message #12392 is a reply to message #12376] Fri, 11 July 2003 03:51 Go to previous message
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I was reading an interesting book just before I packed it up to be shipped. It is about how Buddhism informs our search for self-awareness, especially in the process of counselling and psychotherapy. Not boring at all, despite my introduction! Hehe

One of the points it makes is that Western thinking tends to split into different pieces things that are really part of a whole, and which should be considered together.

For instance, it sometimes takes both strength and courage to develop our capacity for compassion. And for me, compassion is far more powerful than any strenth or courage I can muster in my life.

I hardly ever think of the Bible as a source of wisdom these days, for loads of reasons. But one little passage seems right on target..."When I was most weak, then I was most strong". Listening instead of asserting on own's view, not needing to win...being able to be vulnerable, being strong enough to really feel compassionate.

Just another thought.
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