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chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
edited November 2007 in All Encompassing Trip
what shows strength to you? an image, set of words, a person, moment in time, piece of artwork?
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  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    I'm not sure how to put this in words...........Being a MOM has provided me with strength I never thought Possible. Things that should have broken me, in relation to my kids..........I don't know how I got thru some of those things but I did. Somehow STRENGTH was there when I needed it most. So, to sum up strength.........for me, It would be MOM's. Even when you don't feel strong, you are :D
    The best use of Life is Love.
    The best expression of Love is Time.
    The best time to Love is Now.


    I'm never as good as when you're there.........
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    PJPixie wrote:
    I'm not sure how to put this in words...........Being a MOM has provided me with strength I never thought Possible. Things that should have broken me, in relation to my kids..........I don't know how I got thru some of those things but I did. Somehow STRENGTH was there when I needed it most. So, to sum up strength.........for me, It would be MOM's. Even when you don't feel strong, you are :D
    that's awesome, thanks for sharing it :)
  • Cree NationsCree Nations Posts: 2,247
    Strength comes from within, we are all born with it. Some choose to rely on it more than others.....some don't use it at all. It is something that is passed down and used when need be. All of us have an inherent strength.
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    ...a lover and a fighter.
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  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Cree Nations wrote:
    Strength comes from within, we are all born with it. Some choose to rely on it more than others.....some don't use it at all. It is something that is passed down and used when need be. All of us have an inherent strength.
    very true, i'm trying to remind myself of that.
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Strength is when you have no desire to keep going, but you do anyway because you refuse to give up. So maybe strength to me is just plain old stuborness? But then I think it takes strength to give up too.
    We all have it, and we all exercise it at different times in our lives. Some more regularly than others. I think it's great if you can find your inner strength and exercise it, but not being able to is fine too.
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
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  • brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    Jeanie wrote:
    Strength is when you have no desire to keep going, but you do anyway because you refuse to give up. So maybe strength to me is just plain old stuborness? But then I think it takes strength to give up too.
    We all have it, and we all exercise it at different times in our lives. Some more regularly than others. I think it's great if you can find your inner strength and exercise it, but not being able to is fine too.


    i wish i had the desire to get out of bed this weekend. i am depressed and have no idea why.

    maybe my strength will kick in soon.


    Esther's here and she's sick?

    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    maybe strength comes from not knowing any better......best i can do right now, chiqui....:o
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    brainofPJ wrote:
    i wish i had the desire to get out of bed this weekend. i am depressed and have no idea why.

    maybe my strength will kick in soon.


    Sometimes it's ok to just go with it. Don't be putting pressure on yourself to find your inner strength and have it kick in. Just be in the moment. You're depressed, you don't want to get out of bed, so maybe just don't?
    Maybe just curl up and allow yourself to be sad and down and just be how you are? Perhaps if you allow yourself to just feel how you feel, and take the pressure off having to "snap out of it" then the reason you're feeling the way your feeling will reveal itself to you? I don't know, but if you are feeling down, that is ok, it's your life and sometimes things are depressing. Sometimes we do feel like shit. Struggling with yourself to rectify it as soon as possible because of some societal pressure or because you think that's what you should do, it can be counter productive.

    Why don't you just wallow in it for the weekend, allow it to be what it is, and maybe by Monday you'll start seeing the reasons why and how to fix it if you think you should? Just be how you are.

    Seems to me there's a lot of pressure on people to rectify "bad thoughts", negative emotions and depression. Perhaps your body and your brain just needs a time out and that's why you're feeling low?

    I dunno. But I see a lot of people struggling to do what they think they should and wasting precious energy trying to find "inner strength" to rectify their "failings" when their time might be better served just going with it and seeing where it leads?
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    cool thoughts. i know part of me wants to just snap out of it just because i know how much worse things could get. there's a strength in being 'weak' maybe.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    cool thoughts. i know part of me wants to just snap out of it just because i know how much worse things could get. there's a strength in being 'weak' maybe.

    there has to be....you won't know how strong you are until you've reached your depths....
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    cutback wrote:
    there has to be....you won't know how strong you are until you've reached your depths....
    true. i just get scared of getting there i guess.
  • prismprism Posts: 2,440
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    cool thoughts. i know part of me wants to just snap out of it just because i know how much worse things could get. there's a strength in being 'weak' maybe.

    I don't see allowing yourself to be vunerable as being 'weak.' letting yourself feel vunerable actually is one sign of strength, cause it sure isn't the easy way :)
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  • prismprism Posts: 2,440
    I think that another sign of strength is admitting to our mistakes, and apologizing to anyone to whom we may have caused harm to as a result of that mistake

    cause everybody makes them....but a person with strength will admit to it and try not to repeat it
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    cool thoughts. i know part of me wants to just snap out of it just because i know how much worse things could get. there's a strength in being 'weak' maybe.


    Makes much more sense to live in the present tense. :)

    You can only take life one day at a time chiq. Moment by moment, day by day.

    Recognizing that things are bad, or down, or hard, it's ok to just see that and be "in it" for a time. Least I think so anyway.
    I just think it's futile to keep trying to keep yourself "up" or at the very least it wastes precious energy. There'll be a reason, or reasons why you're down and if you're busy struggling to rectify it because you think it's wrong or because seemingly we all have to "up" and "positive" 24/7 there's a good chance you'll just burn out and completely miss how it was you came to feel the way you did in the first place. Least that's been my experience anyway.
    I really believe that people need to know that it's OK to be down or sad or tired or just "can't be bothered" for a time.
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    true. i just get scared of getting there i guess.

    strength comes from confronting those fears.....
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    all good food for thoughts, thanks guys :)
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    all good food for thoughts, thanks guys :)

    ((hugs)) chiq. :)

    It'll be ok. Maybe not tomorrow or even next week, but it will be ok. :)
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Jeanie wrote:
    ((hugs)) chiq. :)

    It'll be ok. Maybe not tomorrow or even next week, but it will be ok. :)
    thanks dear. i know it will be further along than that, but yeah, i need to keep reminding myself it'll be okay. eventually. i hope lol
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Jeanie wrote:
    ((hugs)) chiq. :)

    It'll be ok. Maybe not tomorrow or even next week, but it will be ok. :)

    yep


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-6xV0uAVpk

    :)
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    cutback wrote:
    yep


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-6xV0uAVpk

    :)


    Thank you love. :) I was hoping you'd pop that one in. :)

    It's always so good to hear it. And you've helped me tonnes when you've sent it to me. So thank you. :)
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    cutback wrote:
    yep


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-6xV0uAVpk

    :)
    aw man.

    thank you.
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    thanks dear. i know it will be further along than that, but yeah, i need to keep reminding myself it'll be okay. eventually. i hope lol

    :) Sometimes I just repeat that over in my head.

    "It'll be ok Jeanie, just remember to breathe".

    And my other personal favorite.

    "Just get through today, however best you can."
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Jeanie wrote:
    Thank you love. :) I was hoping you'd pop that one in. :)

    It's always so good to hear it. And you've helped me tonnes when you've sent it to me. So thank you. :)


    can't help it....it always makes me feel better....:)
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Jeanie wrote:
    :) Sometimes I just repeat that over in my head.

    "It'll be ok Jeanie, just remember to breathe".

    And my other personal favorite.

    "Just get through today, however best you can."
    so very true. can't make time go any faster unfrotunately!
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    cutback wrote:
    can't help it....it always makes me feel better....:)

    me too! :D

    who'd have thunk it? my very own little Pollyanna! ;)
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    so very true. can't make time go any faster unfrotunately!

    Sometimes I wish I had a time machine or my own variation of the transporter room! :D So I could just sneak a peek at how it turns out so I could relax a little in the now. :)
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Jeanie wrote:
    Sometimes I wish I had a time machine or my own variation of the transporter room! :D So I could just sneak a peek at how it turns out so I could relax a little in the now. :)
    that'd be awesome for sure. it'd sure take the pressure off, no doubt
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    that'd be awesome for sure. it'd sure take the pressure off, no doubt

    :D Yeah, I reckon! :D

    Of course my plan for a transporter room has quite a few personal modifications. For instance I want it to be so that I step inside it and it gives me a shower, blow dries me hair and puts me make up and my chosen outfit for the day on and then plonks me down where I wanna be all in about 5 minutes! :D Sorta like a transporter room meets Cher from Clueless' closet! :D With the time travel feature as well of course! :D
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Jeanie wrote:
    :D Yeah, I reckon! :D

    Of course my plan for a transporter room has quite a few personal modifications. For instance I want it to be so that I step inside it and it gives me a shower, blow dries me hair and puts me make up and my chosen outfit for the day on and then plonks me down where I wanna be all in about 5 minutes! : D Sorta like a transporter room meets Cher from Clueless' closet! : D With the time travel feature as well of course! :D
    can i have a blender for margaritas in mine? :o lol
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    can i have a blender for margaritas in mine? :o lol


    Ooh! Excellent modification! :D

    Of course!! :D
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
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