Motivational Monday ~ Staying Strong

Have you ever had one of those days, weeks, or even months where everything just seems to keep piling up?

One of my close friends lost her sister last week to a long battle with cancer.  The same day she found out one of her brothers had a heart attack, and her mother was struggling to deal with it all.  To add on to everything else her husband had surgery this week for a hip replacement.  It is a very tough time for her and we will be right by her side to help her through and stand strong when she cannot.

Many are still struggling to cope with the loss and the pain of the previous weeks storms.  They work everyday to pick up the pieces and move on.

How do we from day-to-day find the strength to keep pushing on?  We rely on our faiths, the love of family and the support of good friends.  With time all wounds heal and we find the strength within ourselves that we never knew we possessed. 

“Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. ... One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him. This is what our society needs — not new ideas and inventions; important as these are, and not geniuses and supermen, but persons who can "be", that is, persons who have a center of strength within themselves.”
― Rollo May, Man's Search For Himself