Silent Strength ..

89135 · ‎11-06-2017

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Pattie722 · ‎03-10-2010

AMEN

manny2 · ‎05-24-2010

This might be a cartoon rendition, but the message is powerful. I love this.

PhilaLady1 · ‎03-11-2010

So true. Thanks for posting this @89135

rms1954 · ‎06-06-2019

Why would someone be proud of battles suffered in silence. Enduring pain and suffering is not a choice.

manny2 · ‎05-24-2010

@rms1954 wrote:
Why would someone be proud of battles suffered in silence. Enduring pain and suffering is not a choice.

This went right over your head. It’s not about choosing pain; it’s about surviving it with dignity. It also speaks to the guy you see in the grocery store, or the one who pumps your gas, maybe the woman you pass on the street. Someone who might seem fine on the outside but has suffered in ways you will never know. Just be kind.

just bee · ‎03-10-2010

@rms1954 wrote:
Why would someone be proud of battles suffered in silence. Enduring pain and suffering is not a choice.

@rms1954

True. Sometimes it's not a choice. Sometimes it's just something you're stuck with.

And you keep it to yourself.

~My philosophy: Dogs are God's most perfect creatures. Angels, here on Earth, who teach us to be better human beings.~

rms1954 · ‎06-06-2019

@manny2 wrote:
@rms1954 wrote:
Why would someone be proud of battles suffered in silence. Enduring pain and suffering is not a choice.
This went right over your head. It’s not about choosing pain; it’s about surviving it with dignity. It also speaks to the guy you see in the grocery store, or the one who pumps your gas, maybe the woman you pass on the street. Someone who might seem fine on the outside but has suffered in ways you will never know. Just be kind.

Still has nothing to do with pride. Over my head or not ... i know first-hand about suffering inside with battles. Not proud; it is what it is.

lgfan · ‎10-19-2012

@rms1954 wrote:
Why would someone be proud of battles suffered in silence. Enduring pain and suffering is not a choice.

If you think about it enduring pain and suffering is a choice. Some people cannot handle it and decide to end their lives or cause mass destruction and death towards others.

manny2 · ‎05-24-2010

@rms1954 wrote:
@manny2 wrote:
@rms1954 wrote:
Why would someone be proud of battles suffered in silence. Enduring pain and suffering is not a choice.
This went right over your head. It’s not about choosing pain; it’s about surviving it with dignity. It also speaks to the guy you see in the grocery store, or the one who pumps your gas, maybe the woman you pass on the street. Someone who might seem fine on the outside but has suffered in ways you will never know. Just be kind.
Still has nothing to do with pride. Over my head or not ... i know first-hand about suffering inside with battles. Not proud; it is what it is.

I guess you’ve never met the young man or woman who was abused as a child and, instead of letting that pain define them, chose to live life to the fullest. Or the mother who lost her child and, rather than doing what all of us would want to do, made their legacy matter instead. Pain is not a choice, it’s inevitable. I meet people every day in the work that I do, and yes, they are proud. And they should be.