Inner Strength
When you hear the word "Strength",
What thoughts pop into your mind?
Do you think about people who spend all their time at the gym?
Or do you think about those in pain or those all alone?
If you think about those in pain or all alone,
Then you are one of the lucky ones,
And I thank you,
For you are not blind to the pain in the eyes of those around you.
When you see someone crying, all alone, what do you do?
Do you go over and comfort them?
Or do you walk away, continuing to ignore them?
Do you stop to even consider why they may be crying?
Because, the reason might just be, that they have been strong for too long,
And the many long lonely years,
And have finally worn away their resolve.
Sometimes,
All that they need to grow and flourish,
Is for them to know that there is someone who cares,
Someone that cares enough to eventually break through the barriers, that had been built in order to protect them,
From the emotional pain,
To know that someone cares enough,
To help them anyway they can.
And once you have done this,
You know that you have done something great,
For you have become someone that they can call,
A Friend.
If you are the kind of person,
That helps another just for the chance to help someone,
Then I thank you,
For you, are one of the lucky ones,
For you can see the inner strength,
Of those that stand alone,
And you can see their constant struggle.
And when they falter and fall,
You'll be there to offer them a hand,
And when you see the look in their eye,
When they accept the offered hand,
You will know that it is all worth it,
Because you can see the strength behind those eyes,
And the chance that they are giving you.