People with a mental illness aren't mentally weak. In fact, many of them are incredibly strong. And just like everyone else, they possess the ability to create positive change in their lives.
Interpretation
Mental illness does not indicate weakness; it often showcases immense strength and resilience.
This quote emphasizes that individuals with mental illnesses are not weak; instead, they demonstrate remarkable strength in coping with their challenges. It highlights the idea that everyone, regardless of their mental health status, has the potential to effect positive changes in their lives.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about breaking the stigma surrounding mental health.
In Macbeth a lady is restrained from the murder of a king by his resemblance of her father as he slept. Should not all men be restrained from acts of violence and even of unkindness against their fellow men by observing in them something which resembles the Savior of the World? If nothing else certainly, a human figure?
It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task.
Heroes are Ordinary People whose social action is Extra-Ordinary/ who ACT when others are passive, who give up EGO-centrism for SOCIO-centrism.
The cause doesn't have to be righteous and battle doesn't have to be winnable; but over and over again throughout history, men have chosen to die in battle with their friends rather than to flee on their own and survive.
I might bend, but I will NEVER break because it's in my nature as a strong woman.
One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.
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