Strength isn’t just going to the gym and pumping iron. It isn’t just flexing in front of the mirror and seeing how big your biceps bulge…and it sure as hell isn’t inching up on your one rep max as soon as possible.
True strength is about being grounded. Like a well rooted tree, it’s an inner job. I remember this every time I step out in nature, into the woods. You see these massive trees, that’ve probably been around for hundreds of years.
They look solid as ever…but they manage to move and sway as quietly as the wind that passes through them.
They manage to withstand the storm because their roots run deep and they run wide. You just know they’re not going anywhere. They provide shelter and protection for all the little animals in the forest and give shade to the bigger ones on a hot summer day.
True strength is delicate because it’s also about being a rock solid foundation for those around you. It’s when you see somebody wanting to get athletic walk into the gym, and you don’t push past them or act like they’re not supposed to be there…because you know that you’re looked up to – the same way people look up at those great big trees that seem to reach endlessly towards the sky.
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