Strength is expressing your feelings, not burying them.
Strength is acknowledging hurt, not deflecting or hurting back.
Strength is empathy, not possession.
Strength is gentleness, not aggression.
Strength is encouragement, not intimidation.
Strength is sharing privilege, not accumulating it.
Strength is authenticity, not validation.
Strength is vulnerability, not status.
Strength comes from your heart, not your muscle.
Category: Aha Moments
Tasting Passion
Passion comes in two primary flavours:
- ambition, the self-serving kind that spawns cravings, expectations, and isolation
- compassion, the selfless kind that builds connection and brings happiness.
Like most things, it has two poles, and a wide spectrum in-between. Both poles pull you and provide motivation, but build different outcomes.
Daring over Good
Don’t be content with being good in what you do – it is limiting, and just another form of seeking validation. Be daring instead.
Humorous Permission
We seem to be most authentic when wrapping information we wish to communicate in humour. It can be a thought-out joke, or a haha or an emoji appended to an end of a pseudo-serious sentence, but ultimately there is some sort of truth or genuine feeling being communicated. Humour gives us permission to be honest and vulnerable, because it incorporates an insurance policy. If the information wrapped in a joke becomes too serious or offensive, we can always claim we were trying to be funny.
From Heart
Choose to enjoy life and not be a prisoner of being right.