I used to think that if someone asked for help, they were weak. But the toughest thing I ever did was reach out and ask for help. And that was when I started to heal.
Interpretation
Asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness, and it can lead to healing.
This quote emphasizes the misconception that seeking help is an indication of weakness. Instead, the speaker reflects on their own experience, recognizing that reaching out for assistance is a courageous act that ultimately led to their personal healing and growth.
In practice
During a motivational speech about mental health awareness.
This is the Cuzco asking you to pull on your armor and, mounted on the ample back of a powerful horse, cleave a path through the defenseless flesh of a naked Indian flock whose human wall collapses and disappears beneath the four hooves of the galloping beast.
I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change...I'm changing the things I cannot accept.
Valor is the soldier's adornment.
How do we expect change to occur if we are not willing to put on the whole armor of God and fight injustice wherever it raises its ugly head?
I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes the descendants of the heroes of Lexington and Bunker Hill will be found equal in patriotism, courage and heroic endurance with the descendants of the heroes of Cowpens and Yorktown. For this reason I predict the civil war which is now at hand will be stubborn and of long duration.
Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks.
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