[Be strong!]

  But while you're being strong, be careful not to become hard or rigid or brittle. For hardness brings no comfort to anyone, rigidity makes people fear being controlled and brittleness has everyone on edge waiting for the moment when the inevitable SNAP! will take place. Remember that strength is resilience. The ability to bend under pressure but resume your shape after the pressure has gone. Remember that strength is influence. The ability to create motion in a new direction without the need to force anyone or persuade anyone of anything. Remember that strength is vulnerability. The ability to display doubt, fear and 'weakness' and be ok with "I don't know" because you understand that "I don't know" means something VERY different to "I am less". And above all... Remember that strength is comfort, both to those who possess it AND to those who are most in need of its support and that hardness, rigidity and brittleness are NEVER comfortable. So be strong. It's how you were made. It's how we ALL were made. We just forget sometimes. Truth, joy and love       P.S - I took this photo of my necklace in my favourite place on Earth x