Strength

Where dose one draw strength? Is it a moral standing that one relies on or is it a set of evolving principles that one can justify through reason and not force? If one steps outside the boundaries of religion, but not faith, can you still uphold yourself as a person, either individual, part of a collective, or even one of the masses.

Consider this: If you have family, good family, you can always fall back on them when the worst has occurred. You can draw strength in that you can fail and still have people who will care for you. Now what if you have no family..do you rely on God? What if you lost faith?

People are interesting and fickle things in that if you cannot provide a reciprocal balance, your friends will leave you unless you have a bond that is tempered by time or faith within each other... in turn you draw strength from that. But what if the friendship is contingent... like on not being attracted to each other or always having money... then is it friendship ...can you truly draw strength from that?

On self-reliance, can you draw strength from yourself being able to provide for yourself? Is it an empty strength, or dose it rely on others acknowledging that you can and have relied on no one? Is it truly self-reliance if other people acknowledge it? What if there are some things that must be done in pairs or teams? You are forced to work with another person or group of people. How do you become stronger from that? Can you if they do not help you but in fact belittle you?

The strength I speak of the driving force that makes us become something more than just some pawn. It allows us to strive for greatness and inspires others to do the same...but where dose it come from? Ourselves as individuals or do we nurture it out of other people only to have it them come from ourselves?