It’s not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.

Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

Sometimes, you wake up and there’s a quote that just sticks in your head. It sits in there and while you question how it suddenly found itself to the forefront of your mind that day, it concerns you as to why it’s showing up now.

Given the tone of the last few posts and where I’ve been mentally the past few weeks, I suppose it shouldn’t come as a surprise.

While the extension of this quote is about challenging yourself at least once to see the measure of a human you are (agreed), it also calls to mind that life is going to challenge you… many times.

In those moments, you can see this as something horrible to get through, or as a challenge to grow from.

It’s a matter of asking, how can I be strong in this moment and what is it going to take to feel that way too?