Finding Your Inner Strength

Every one of us has inner strength, far beyond what we are aware of. The extent to which your inner strength is buried affects your access to it, but with the right effort, you can discover these strengths hidden inside. Childhood traumas and life experiences may have concealed your inner strengths which may the cause for problems you have with self-confidence in accessing these strengths, but they are and always remain something that is a birthright. They wait right beneath the surface, beckoning to be released. Finding these inner strengths is not very easy and there are no magic pills. It takes painstaking work. And with diligence and persistence, it is possible to uncover them. This begins with the attitude and commitment that you are going to invest in finding your inner strengths and using the technique to do the work.

Embrace Challenges

The Olives on an olive tree do not produce oil until it is pressed. Just as don’t see the best person until we meet challenges in our life, meaning that without some pressure we will not access our strength. Pressure builds a drive to overcome the obstacle, the need to find a way only happens when we are pressed to find it. People will always find solutions that they never would have thought of had they not been under pressure. The pressure in our lives dislodges and forces the hidden strengths to the surface,

This of a dam. As the dam restrains a flow of water, the water builds up pressure, and continues growing in strength, until, the point that the water can burst through the dam with enormous intensity – power that would never have been tapped were there no resistance from the dam. The deeper the resistance, the more power is built up. This principle holds true in our personal lives.

Baby Steps

Over time, it gets harder to express repressed inner strength. Eventually you need to begin using this like a tool, like a muscle that felt like it was wasting away. Slowing warming it up and exercising it gently you can get it ready to use again.

Embracing challenges and putting ourselves in situations where we have to find solutions is necessary to build inner strength. But, we need to do it in a way that is not overwhelming -challenging ourselves but not demoralizing us. The key is to not force anything, and not “bite off more than we can chew,” which sets us up for failure. Don’t take on more work or a bigger task than you can do. The key is to score small victories, they build up your strength and confidence. Find small, scenarios where you can exercise your inner strengths face small obstacles. Aiming for perfection is not realistic, but aiming for hope and attainable goals are more important during this time.

Spend Time With Strong People

Success is contagious. Excellence brings out excellence, and mediocrity brings out mediocrity. Being around people who access and express their inner strengths can help you build and express your inner strengths, while being around fearful people only builds fear. It is okay if you feel a little bit inferior to them because healthy envy motivates and increases wisdom.

Stand For Something

With success bringing on success, it also means excellence brings out excellence, and mediocrity brings out mediocrity. We should ask ourselves: Is there anything so important to you that it is not optional? What is your Inner strength for? What do you stand for? Will we look for something permanent rather than things that are of a physical nature such as money, pleasure, or prestige? It will things like helping others, sharing wisdom, and pursuing spirituality which are eternal nature. We should direct our inner strength toward something beyond and greater than ourselves.