Strong

There is strength
and there is being strong.
Two very different things.
I have dabbled with the first.
I was forced into the second.
We never really understand
the fortitude that lies within us,
until we're tested.
Our faith in things beyond us
give us cause to climb above,
to reach past,
to rise to heights
we never anticipated -
because we have to.
The belief that you can,
supplies the stamina
to realize you will.
We all possess it.
It's in there.
Go . . . find it.
And when you do,
share it.