The Difference Between Strength and Courage
It takes strength to be certain,
It takes courage to have doubts.
It takes courage to have doubts.
It takes strength to fit in,
It takes courage to stand out.
It takes courage to stand out.
It takes strength to feel a friend’s pain,
It takes courage to feel your own pain.
It takes courage to feel your own pain.
It takes strength to hide your own pains,
It takes courage to show them.
It takes courage to show them.
It takes strength to stand guard,
It takes courage to let down your guard.
It takes courage to let down your guard.
It takes strength to conquer,
It takes courage to surrender.
It takes courage to surrender.
It takes strength to endure abuses,
It takes courage to stop them.
It takes courage to stop them.
It takes strength to stand alone,
It takes courage to lean on a friend.
It takes courage to lean on a friend.
It takes strength to love,
It takes courage to be loved.
It takes courage to be loved.
It takes strength to survive,
It takes courage to live.
It takes courage to live.
by David L. Griffith
"I will learn to wear my scars proudly. They represent the battles through which I have gone, battles which I have won."
Cocoon
Along a dusty road in India there sat a beggar who sold cocoons.
A young boy watched him day after day, and the beggar finally beckoned to him.
"Do you know what beauty lies within this chrysalis? I will give you one so you might see for yourself. But you must be careful not to handle the cocoon until the butterfly comes out."
The boy was enchanted with the gift and hurried home to await the butterfly. He laid the cocoon on the floor and became aware of a curious thing.
The butterfly was beating its fragile wings against the hard wall of the chrysalis until it appeared it would surely perish, before it could break the unyielding prison. Wanting only to help, the boy swiftly pried the cocoon open. Out flopped a wet, brown, ugly thing which quickly died.
When the beggar discovered what had happened, he explained to the boy
"In order for the butterfly wings to grow strong enough to support him, it is necessary that he beat them against the walls of his cocoon. Only by this struggle can his wings become beautiful and durable. When you denied him that struggle, you took away from him his only chance of survival."
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