Strength . . .

Something that surprises you at times . . .
Its only in hindsight that you realise that you were "STRONG".
Strong enough to deal with a situation,
Strong enough to take decisions,
Strong enough to stand by those decisions.
But what is more surprising is the source of that strength - "FEAR".
Fear of doing something wrong.
Fear of not being able to do anything at all.
Fear of losing something/someone you hold dear.
That little niggling FEAR gives way to that surge of STRENGTH.
We all have that VOLCANO of STRENGTH inside us, its just that in most of us that volcano remains dormant.
Perhaps thats because most of us are too busy being "happy" rather than being brave, most of the time. but that volcano nevertheless is there, waiting to erupt. Waiting for that moment of FEAR to arrive and then to come forward and take charge, leaving FEAR dead and buried under the molten depths of that STRENGTH.
To a certain extent that VOLCANO is almost like another person living inside us, waiting to take charge. But that person has a lot of arrogance, it needs to feel that it is the most important one around, needed the most, respected the most, and that's when IT comes.