Journey of a Thousand Miles...

I have always looked at the things human beings do to each other and wondered why.   When you think about it, we are the most brutally violent creatures on Earth.   No other species kills its own kind for sport.   No other species brutalizes its own kind for the hell of it.   No other species so openly discriminates against its own kind quite the way human beings do.   It seems that animals commit these acts only when pushed into a “survival of the fittest,” “kill or be killed,” “attack or be attacked,” situation.   While I am not speaking from a stand point of an authority on all things related to the animal kingdom, when you think about it all it begs the question, “Why do human beings do such horrible things?” When I think of the things that have been done to friends and family, and the things that have been done to me, I can’t do anything else but wonder why.   It is in my nature to need to know why.   I want an explanation.   I want...

I recently saw a beautiful quote on Facebook about strength.  It reads, "You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have." This quote got me thinking about the words "strong" and "strength."  What do these words mean in today's world?  What do these words mean in the life of a survivor? Let's start with the simple definition of strength.  I went to  http://www.merriam-webster.com  and looked up the proper definition(s) of the word strength. the quality or state of being strong  :  capacity for exertion or endurance  power to resist force  power of resisting attack  legal, logical, or moral force  a strong attribute or inherent asset degree of potency of effect or of concentration  intensity of light, color, sound, or odor vigor of expression force as measured in numbers : effective numbers of any body or organization  one regarded as embodying or affording fo...