Strength

Referenced from a distant friend's blog. He sometimes draw comfort and new strength from these verses. I relate perfectly to this for sometimes - and just sometimes - I just want to curl up in utter denial of reality. Sometimes I escape into artificial worlds, alcohol-laced-with-too-loud-music. Sometimes I just simply lose it. These verses say these sometimes are okay because "[we] are strong. We have proven that."

Strength
We don't always have to be strong to be strong.
Sometimes, our strength is expressed in being vulnerable.
Sometimes, we need to fall apart to regroup and stay on track.
We all have days when we cannot push any harder, cannot hold back self- doubt, cannot stop focusing on fear, cannot be strong.
There are days when we cannot focus on being responsible.
Occasionally, we don't want to get out of our pajamas.
Sometimes, we cry in front of people.
We expose our tiredness, irritability, or anger.
Those days are okay. They are just okay.
Part of taking care of ourselves means we give ourselves permission to "fall apart" when we need to. We do not have to be perpetual towers of strength. We are strong. We have proven that.
Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable when we need to experience those feelings.

Today, help me to know that it is okay to allow myself to be human.
Help me not to feel guilty or punish myself when I need to "fall apart."

Do these words reach you too?