Water is not stronger than steel but it doesn’t hold onto a collision of conscience like steel. Flexibility and adaptability are paramount in perception. Trauma doesn’t usually have a happy ending, its strength at bending us like putty can be devastating. Perspective can be seriously impacted. Unlike water which ebbs and flows through life. Steel holds its ground only to be weathered and beaten by time. While water erodes the ground around it through stability and continuousness that is unrelenting. Even steel will eventually give into water. Water can bend, be stabbed, evaporated, and fall again in rain. The flexibility is so much stronger than solid metal. If you lead a path unbending like metal you will break, and be disfigured by time. Sometimes we perceive things as stronger when they are in fact weaker. A steel container of water can contain water but its only for a short time. One of the most important lessons I learned from life is to adapt, question, and change if needed. I tried to look back at what caused me to see the world in a way that made me question me. It was 3rd grade me in a short span I lost my grandfather, my friends to a move, and my dog. For most of my school life through graduation, and even into my adulthood I felt broken. I didn’t trust myself, and questioned every action, and thought I had. I spent so much time being envious of people that had it together but that weakness turned to strength as I aged. I’m a pretty flexible man, I don’t hold onto the past. I try to find new ways to perceive challenges in my life, because introspection wasn’t just a part time gig it was like breathing for me. Years of doubt and searching for answers helped me grow. I learned we all deal with difficult times subjectively and our perceptions help us see the world for how we choose to see it. Use it as a strength not as a weakness. Sometimes things suck, but guaranteed things also change. If your on a path to introspect you will grow, and thrive. Think about all the areas of your mind this benefits. We go through revolutions in our head constantly. Every day we are different than the day before. Let perception adjust with the time, and find comfort in change not in stagnation. Every day is a new day, be who you want to be, and be the best. Don’t be afraid to fail, you only learn through failure. Growth means challenges and thanks to the mind it could be anything from to depression to opening a pickle jar. Weakness is truly strength disguised.
