It takes strength to be certain. It takes courage to have doubt.
It takes strength to fit in. It takes courage to stand out.
It takes strength to feel a friend’s pain. It takes courage to dry out from our own rain.
It takes strength to look at their sorrows. It takes courage to stand in their pain.
It takes strength to remain humble. It takes courage to fight being mad.
It takes strength to live in the moment. It takes courage to wish you’ve always had.
It takes strength in knowing that you’d never fit. It takes courage to live as it never mattered one bit.
It takes strength to be an island. It takes courage to stand on the borders of it.

And if we ever substitute strength for courage, we are certain to stand in the windfall,
of self-destructive paths, leading to uncertain downfalls.
So we can shine on, move ahead with God’s light beaming so brilliantly,
As we know the difference of strength and courage, thinking as HE does miraculously.

Gunnar Timothy

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