"There can be no peace of mind without strength of mind."
E. B. Gutkind
We
don't simply become strong or weak during our crises.
Crises
reveal to us what we've been becoming day by day.
It's
what we do in hard times that reveals our character, i.e.,
our
degree of indulgence or resistance to our weak areas.
And
character is what determines what happens to you.
The self-actualizing principle of Strength teaches us that
"We're only as strong as the things that we overcome."
Our
overindulged urges and appetites and self-sabotaging
parts
try to manipulate us by getting us to act on impulse.
The
stronger, more insistent or impatient an emotion is,
the more likely it is to try to trick us into giving in to it,
and the more likely it is to prove untrustworthy because
it gets power over us by conning us to get us to give in
to a weakness and then punishing us for our weakness.
This
leaves us feeling worse about ourselves afterwards
because some emotions will beat on us to do something,
and then others beat us up for doing it. That's why the
worst time to try to make any decision is while feeling
a strong emotion or in the midst of any strong impulse.
Where are you needing to grow stronger?