Being Strong[er]

To begin with, I want to share the lyrics to one of my current favorite songs with you guys, Stronger by Kelly Clarkson:

You know the bed feels warmer
Sleeping here alone
You know I dream in colour
And do the things I want

You think you got the best of me
Think you had the last laugh
Bet you think that everything good is gone
Think you left me broken down
Think that I’d come running back
Baby you don’t know me, cause you’re dead wrong

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn’t mean I’m lonely when I’m alone
What doesn’t kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn’t mean I’m over cause you’re gone

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn’t mean I’m lonely when I’m alone

You heard that I was starting over with someone new
They told you I was moving on over you

You didn’t think that I’d come back
I’d come back swinging
You tried to break me, but you see

[CHORUS]

Thanks to you I got a new thing started
Thanks to you I’m not the broken hearted
Thanks to you I’m finally thinking bout me
You know in the end the day you left was just my beginning
In the end…

[CHORUS]

Not only when it has to do with love; I think in any situation where someone has hurt you, the best way to get back at them is to show that person that she didn’t break you. A weak person breaks down, a strong person benefits from the accident; she learns and kicks it back and walks away from it. She doesn’t run, because she has nothing to run from. Show them that you are the boss of your life, show them something that they can never have. Because those who hurt others are the weakest of people. They lack some vital components inside them, and they are never able to find true happiness.

No I still believe that people can change, but that they can doesn’t mean that they do. Judging by my own experience I can say that “bad people” rarely change. Those who do were never truly bad, they were simply lost. And those who never intend to change; trying to help them is a lost cause. I don’t respect people who refuse to improve themselves.

We often forget how much we are capable of. We forget how much strength we actually have inside us. We see it in movies all the time; people stranded on unknown islands and miraculously developing survival skills, people killing zombies, surviving attacks. But those are pressing situations, and often in real life we don’t face such. Our experiences are stretched on very long time periods. But it’s all still there… you just have to believe in yourself. If you truly believe that you can achieve anything you want to, then even if you don’t succeed; it won’t break you. Cuz knowing that you did your best is enough. It’s not written in our fate to achieve absolutely everything we aim on doing. Once or twice we will fail. Of course, if it’s something you can try again then you should do it. Anyway, I’m straying away from my point here…

Success isn’t always related to one’s career, bank balance or fame. Success can simply be getting out of bed and taking on the day. Success is anything your enemies think you can’t do. Enemies or other people who don’t believe in you. Success is believing in yourself.

So go out there and show ‘em that nothing can break you. That is how you will have the last laugh.

Bring it on!

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