Strength
Strength can look different from person to person. Sometimes it takes all of our energy to even be able to get out of bed. Life is not turning out how we expected, either by choices we have made or by another's actions that we cannot control. We feel like staying in bed and hiding from the things happening around us, but we know we have responsibilities, so we force ourselves to get up and get things done. Maybe we stick to ourselves for a little while because we have nothing left to give to anyone else. In other circumstances, it takes all of our energy to stop doing something we've been doing for years. My running friend, "J", has been dealing with an injury. She found herself having to reduce her mileage from at least six a day down to one mile, just a week before an upcoming, previously scheduled surgery that would most likely end her six and a half year running streak. She was hoping to be able to enjoy that week of running before she had to decide what was bes...