Be Strong

"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice." - Bob Marley

Quitting is easy, unless you are quitting an addiction like alcohol or smoking. Continuing to live is easy, unless you are starving to death or fighting cancer. I wish I could say it's all in our perspective of life. Is the glass half full or half empty? Each person is different.

The Navy Seal program is one of the toughest training programs in the military. Some seal candidates don't make it. They ring the bell, put their helmet down and quit. Not everyone can handle the training it takes to prepare for the unimaginable hardships of warfare.

Some candidates fail because they weren't prepared physically. All that failed weren't prepared mentally.

Being strong doesn't start physical fitness. It starts with mental fitness. Are you mentally willing to put in the work needed to be strong? Are you willing to keep going when there is nothing left in your tank?

Many cancer treatment facilities also have a bell. When a patient has finished the chemo treatment and cancer is in remission, the staff, the patient and their family celebrate by ringing the bell. It was the cancer that quit, not the patient.

We don't know what the person next to us at work, church, or school is going through. They don't know what we are going through. Whatever you are doing, whatever you are going through, be strong like it is your ONLY choice. I hope you never have to ring either bell.

Be strong and have a great week.

Tony