Strong? Strong is when …

“You ain’t strong because you suffer,” he said. “Not when you suffer for fool notions, you ain’t. Strong ain’t when you keep picking your prideful ass back up to keep trying at them same old easier ways that everybody likes. Them ways that ain’t never worked out healthy for you or for them you keep saying you love. Strong? Strong is when your ass finally gets up, gets wise, and gets humble and tough enough to make them hard  damn changes. Them changes that hurt bad at first, changes that you may catch holy hell for, but are good for you and everybody else in the long run. That, my sweet darlin, is strong.”

RT