Strength & Weakness

Strength and weakness…..

The pre conceived notions we have surrounding these words are oftentimes utterly false. It can be argued that the roles of both strength and weakness are frequently reversed regardless of our common stereotypes of them. It is generally considered that strength reigns supreme over weakness. It is believed that strength is meant to prevail over the weak time after time. Strength is associated with a power that undoubtedly will stand victorious when opposed by weakness. Let us look at the two words individually however and we begin to see that perhaps the power may actually reside in the arena of weakness. Strength, no matter what form it resides in, be it spiritual, emotional, or physical is always earned. Strength is forged day by painful day. Strength is earned and never given, it must be taken. Strength must perpetually be worked for. The process of obtaining strength is not an easy nor a short one. There will be much adversity, opposition, and compounding obstacles that will  stand in the way. You must will your way to strength every day. If you take a break from the grueling process for even a moment, the undoing of your work begins to  happen in a blink of an eye. The measurable difference in time that exists from the process of gaining strength and of losing it to the tide of weakness is incomparable. Weakness will forever reside. It remains hidden and naturally creeps into all of our lives without  invitation. Weakness does not need to be earned but just appears after time, it enters when you are vulnerable to it. It needs not  wage a battle head on everyday, but can capitalize on only a single moment of opportunity in the vastness of our lifetime. Weakness has the power to instantly undo years of work in a flash of a moment. It is unwelcome yet is always present. If for one second you relent in opposing it, then it begins to derail you. If we look at weakness for what it truly is, this unstoppable force of nature, then who actually holds the power when comparing the two states? Which truly ranks higher than the other in terms of  control when strength and weakness are compared side by side? If strength was in command over weakness, then why do we work so hard everyday to try and obtain enough strength in order to combat the inverse when no effort is given whatsoever for weakness to thrive? Mind and spirit must be prepared for the marathon, not just the sprints of our individual races.