Strength

Those who have never been broken are not proven strong.

Show me someone who has lost it all, someone who can't seem to lift their head, someone whose pain steals their breath as is caves in their chest, someone who shutters at the touch or sound of another, someone who has lost rational thought and the raw of the raw feelings are all that's left, someone whose legs refuse to hold them, someone who believes with all their soul all is lost......when this person finds a way to mend, to find the leg up they need, scraps each day to hold the pieces put together in recent time, holds steady each breath for fear of bursting the seams, circles back to pieces rebroken and mends again.....when this person thrives that is strength.

Helping is something of an illusion because no one else can mend this pain. They can only provide an environment where the strong can rebuild.