Strength

There are certain things
that provide strength in your life.

Very little of it

has to do with exercise.

One day,

you will look back

at the things you thought

would break you

and realize

that you survived each one.

It doesn't always feel

like a grand victory.

Sometimes, it feels quiet;

and frantic; but steady.

You will take note that the storms

that should have decimated you,

were walked through.

Sometimes you stumbled.

Sometimes you fell.

Sometimes you wept.

Sometimes you paused.

And then ...

you braved one more step ...

and then another.

That is the strength

that no one claps for.

There is no trophy or ribbon or title,

but it is the strength that carries you

and that the rest of your life

is built upon.

With a nod to my 'nother mother who shared the above,

(of course it has been Lynified),

with the hope that she realizes that she is part of that strength

for me.

Enjoy your weekend.