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Jul 2015
Isn't it strange--
Admitting weakness is an act of unparalleled strength.
There is nothing we can do that takes more strength,
Than to admit our brokenness.
Even the tallest of buildings will crumble,
If it does not admit the cracks in its paint,
The stress in its joints.
Even the strongest building has a breaking point.
And sometimes, the building needs to be healed.
It is made stronger by being broken,
Like steel is made stronger by first being weakened.
We humans are no different.
We are made stronger in our brokenness.
Admitting flaws is no weakness,
It's strength.

Holding it in,
Allowing it to build
Up.
Until finally
Explosion.
This is no strength.
Resolve, perhaps.
But not strength.

The strongest things are,
At one point or another,
Weak.
Frank DeRose
Written by
Frank DeRose  New Market, MD
(New Market, MD)   
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