Strength is not instinctive, the will to succeed over weaknesses is what is instinctive.

My mother also taught me that when life hits me to the ground, I am permitted 24 hrs. to have my pity party - cry, scream, kick and complain. After those 24 hours, I am to pull myself up by the boot straps and move on. So, I devised a plan. I allow myself 12 hrs to party and spend the next 12 hours pulling one strap at a time until I'm fully standing and then I kick the party in the rearend.

Pain gave me the desire to die; tears gave me the weakness to thrive; anger gave me the will to defeat; sympathy gave me peace of mind; love gave me serenity of heart; hope restored my inner child; faith carried me away from the grave; courage dried my tears; strength denied the sympathy and humbleness carried me through.

Sometimes our greatest strength come from our weakness.

You are human and mortal; we are the sum of our weak moments and our strong.

A lot of what we experience as strength comes from knowing what to do with weakness.