Where Is Your Strength? and How Can You Enhance It?

Written and Narrated by Marie T. Russell. We often think our strength comes from physical things like exercise, food, vitamins, and maybe even coffee. Yet is that really the case? Does our strength perhaps also come from the inside... from our attitudes, our beliefs, our moods. Those may have more effect on our strength than the things we do and ingest. Our strength can also be diminished from the same sources... from the inside. There are cases of people eating poison, or being exposed to life-threatening diseases and devastation, and they are not affected. So, clearly the externals are not what kept them safe, but perhaps their internals... their attitude and beliefs. So ask yourself... What is affecting my strength? And am I feeding or draining my strength right now? When we reside in a balanced state of joy, love, and acceptance of others, we are much stronger than when we come from an unbalanced place of misery, hatred, and of criticizing everything and everyone. Where is my joy? Our strength is fed by various things... One of these is joy. When we are filled with joy, we have more strength to face whatever comes our way. On the other hand, when we are sad or depressed, we are weak. Our energy is drained by the downward spiral of our attitude and emotions. Joy is an upward energy... Continue Reading this article at InnerSelf.com (plus video version of article) Music By Caffeine Creek Band, Pixabay