Strength is overrated
They use their misfortune to their advantage and try to control the other party with it. By declaring how unfortunate they are and how much they have suffered, they are trying to worry the people around them (their family and friends, for example), and to restrict their speech and behavior, and control them. The people I was talking about at the ve
... See moreIchiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
The requirement to be strong can be damaging to the human spirit. Exerting immense energy to hold back tears while around others isn't much different than hiding concerns about money, security, and prosperity. Hiding our vulnerabilities is neither healthy nor fruitful.
The Need to Be Strong Is Overrated, Pamela Hazelton | Are.na
mental strength is not just hoping that nothing ever goes wrong. It is believing that we have the capacity to handle it if it does.
Brianna Wiest • The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
Emotionally strong males are
- Resourcefulhaving the ability to name and navigate emotions
- Aware-having a rich interior world, including strengths and weaknesses
- Resilient-having the capacity to cope and feel competent
- Empathetic-having an ability to understand and share the feelings of another
Sissy Goff • Raising Emotionally Strong Boys
The point is that our feelings are not really a kind of resistance, a kind of fight with the course of events. They are a harmonious and intelligent response. A person who did not feel frightened at the threat of danger would be like a tall building with no “give” to the wind. A mind which will not melt—with sorrow or love—is a mind which will all
... See moreAlan W. Watts • Become What You Are: Expanded Edition
