What "strengths" do you have that you often find yourself continually needing to draw on in daily life?

If you pay attention to other people - as I think you do - you realize that humans have inner strengths to withstand things they may think they could not endure. It's like a rally to the occasion.

In my own experience, I used to think I could stand anything except the loss of one of my two children. Then I lost one and realized that life goes on. You just carry the pain.

I also look at life as firmly limited - not expecting to live forever as some people delude themselves into thinking. At my age (56), I have had a good life with plenty of terrific experiences. Nothing to complain about. If I die tomorrow, so be it. If I wake up tomorrow, then I'll deal with each day as it comes. As Crocodile Dundee might say, "No worries mate!"

Mathew Chapter 6 tells us not to worry about tomorrow. What surprises me is that many people who claim to be Christians seem to overlook this passage. But my experience is that many non-practicing Christians follow the teachings of Jesus more readily than many who claim they are devout Christians.

' Just thought I would add this to pique the people who think they are righteous and to invoke the wrath of the dreaded 'thumbs down'. As I often tell my students, there is nothing wrong with Christianity - but throughout history, there have been many things wrong with the people who claimed to be Christians. The Crusades, the Inquisition, the avaricious hypocritical popes of the 1400's and 1500's, the evangelists who turn out to be depraved crooks - the list is endless. Of course there are good Christians too. It's the old question of looking at the cup half full or half empty.

If life's frustrations exceed my store of patience, I simply swear a blue streak to my deaf Dalmatian dog buddy who is 87 and has heard it all before - LOL. [ Is it swearing if no one hears it?] Swearing is much more civilized than throwing things or hitting in my humble opinion - but whatever works for you.

I am not sure if it can be seen as a strength but something I tell myself everyday is that, in the end, I have a Choice. I have the ability to choose right from wrong. I have the choice to take the path some choose to shy away from. I can reaffirm my own character regardless of whether or not I am being watched by someone else. I guess if any of this can be seen as a strength my strength would be my ability to stop and find truth and reason in what I choose to do.

I really like what Nemesis & Speed dog offered.

It's tough out there today for all. It seems I find a new level of strength almost daily. Surrender & acceptance aide me greatly. I have learned I can pick & chose my battles well or chose to direct my energy to more productive areas. I have the acceptance to be open to another way of seeing & doing if what I see & do now apparently are just not working!

I never know the full extent of my ability to call on my inner strength if I am never challenged.

Blessings!

What about the millions gave by GE to 0bama and the Democrats...does that make NBC and MSNBC owned by the Democrats. I guess it does. Where's their disclaimer? The mainstream media is the Democrat media. This includes ABC, CBS, CNN, PBS, BBC, etc. I guess you deny the obvious? Murdoch gave a million to the GOP Governor's fund, not the actual party itself. But he is free to give to any free-speech advocates, as he's in the free-speech business. Sorry the Democrats don't qualify. The court case you mention had ZERO to do with Fox News...it was a local Tampa bay Fox Entertainment affiliate (the Simpsons). This is just utter fabrication and obfuscation on your part. Therefore you lose all credibility. Facts are intersting things to ignore or twist, huh?

My faith that God has a purpose for my life, my survival as a type 1 diabetic for 54 years -1 month + 1 day, and my hard earned self-confidence along with my 4 college degrees, open-mindedness, and good, objective observational skills and logical thinking processes, patience and tolerance, and a lack of arrogance. I'm no better or worse than any one else.

The strenghts I have and I often or constantly draw from on daily life to survive are resiliency (and that takes a lot of energy), patience, and reducing all my desires (since life is so expensive), and all that takes a lot of energy.

I thank you for the question because it makes me express myself on this subject.

My loathing of injustice.

It is a shocking indictment of this and successive British government's and the British people, that so many of our elderly people suffer untimely deaths through cold weather and malnutrition due to inadaquate state pension provision, and having to make choices between heating their homes, and eating.

Patience.

1. A vivid imagination (used in meditation)

2. A really good long-term memory (it makes past friends and comrades present to me,

and it fills my heart with friends and past occurrences that were many times inexpressible).

:)

Jim

The strength to not be strong.