It’s not about muscles that make people think we’re strong,
it’s not about the faults of other’s that makes you the one not wrong,
it’s not about the things we do so that others see them too,
It’s more in our transparency that gives us each a better view.
It’s when I’ve seen the strongest man bend down upon his knees
to wipe the tears from a child’s eyes as he listens to his pleas,
it’s when he stops to hold a stranger’s door even when he’s in a hurry
or calls his wife each time he’s late, knowing that she might be worried.
It’s when he brings her flowers home for really no reason at all,
it’s when he’s kneeling in prayer that makes him seem so tall.
All these things show more strength than any winner of a fight,
for strength is in the example of always trying to do what’s right.
Someday we’ll all look back and see things from a different point of view
we’ll see the things we did and the things we wished we didn’t do,
we’ll wonder why we were stubborn and just couldn’t let things go,
we’ll each learn different things about ourselves we wish that we had known.
We all will someday end up at the same place of awakening
where we each meet our Maker, at a time when our heart is breaking,
where we fall upon our knees, realizing where we did it wrong,
and in that moment of weakness it is then we’ll be most strong.
by
Diane Reed
September 2013
Well done!
Thank you for taking the time to read!
xoxo
Reblogged this on Life of a Minister Mom and commented:
A beautiful poem from my dear friend Diane. Strength is…
When I read this, it literally took my breath away. Love, love, LOVE everything about it. What a beautiful message of strength. Your words have made my day that much better!! xoxo 😀
Patricia,
Thank you so much! I am blown away by everyone’s reaction to this poem. It’s a message that I wanted to say for a long time and it just came out. I know that it is not me but more and more… a God thing when HE gives me ones that He puts on my heart.. Of course there are still the ones from my own flesh too when I am not always in the right place… I know that one of the first posts of yours that I came across back when I first met you… inspired a poem and I KNOW that YOU were defintely a GOD thing!!!
😉
xoxo
Thanks for rebloging! It is an honor especially to be reblogged on your wonderful blog! THAT by the way everyone should go visit if they haven’t!
Love ya buddy!
Hearing that anything I’ve done has been an inspiration to you is truly humbling. I am blown away by your talent and it’s a beautiful thing when you’re using the gifts God gives you, and creating such marvelous masterpieces!!! God blessed me with you, and I was excited to share this with any and everyone! It went on Facebook, my twitter, pinterest, the works! Love you friend and thank you for blessing us with your incredible words!!!
I love it! Your words gave me goosebumps. You’re brilliant with the word-play Diane. I love your style. Great pictures too. 🙂
Vashti!
Goose bumps are good! I’ll take them as a sweet compliment! Goose bumps, tears and re-blogging are all right up there with gifts you could never buy me! I’d take them over a present wrapped with a bow any old day! 😉
xoxo
Love it! Thank you!
That was so inspiring. I loved reading every word. Very well written.
Good luck =)
Thank you! I just went and wandered around your blog and you are a wonderful writer. Thank you for reading mine! I followed you and I look forward to reading more!
xoxo
I can’t thank you enough for the appreciation and love you are giving me.
God bless you.
Thank you again.
Tender and sweet, Diane. I especially liked these words:
“…it’s not about the things we do so that others see them too,
It’s more in our transparency that gives us each a better view.”
So true and beautiful written. You have a gift in poetry.
Thank you Pat,
I always cherish your comments! They are always so inpiring!
xoxo
You’re always welcome, Diane. I’m happy to warm your heart and put a smile on your face. 🙂
Never disappointed when I come to this beautiful page……..oh and um, usually need some Kleenex, lol ) xo
I love you Deb! Thank you!!!
xoxo
Ditto, my friend! xo 🙂
Well Mom, the purity in your writing and viewpoint is like drinking from living waters! BEAUTIFUL Again!
YOU my dear, are an amazing inspiration!
Thank you
xoxo
I love love love this!! Beautiful!
Thank you Kerri!!
xoxo
This is awesome, Diane! I am so glad to hear that I don’t need muscles to be strong:-)
Oh Bill, YOU my dear are one of the strongest men I know!
xoxo
This is the first site I open this morning, and what a sense of inspiration for the rest of the week… thank you… most beautiful…
And yours was the first comment I read this morning and it made my whole week! Thank you!!!!
xoxo 😉
Words to live by … I hope to remember every day … I always great a child on my knees … 🙂
Thank you for reading! Glad you are one of the strong ones!
xoxo
Although he may offer no answer
Although he may solve no dilemma
Although the question may freeze painfully in mid air –
He who also had a mother –
understands…
When I first saw the title for this in my e-mail I thought maybe you had celebrated Talk Like a Pirate Day too much and ran out of “R”s.
It does take a lot of strength to do the right thing sometimes.
Ahhhh Jim…
We are always there for each other to point out the obvious. LOL. I knew YOU’d notice if you read this one. Too funny.
I fat fingered the Title before I proofed and edited & pushed SEND too fast! But as you pointed it out in another post… I think one that I may have corrected you on… haha…
I am stuck with STONG instead of STRONG now unless I wanted to cut and paste a totally new one and create a new post and lose all my comments. Arghhh! What to do? Chance that no one but Jim G. will notice! LOL!
You are right… It does take strength! I agree! Thanks for reading 🙂
xoxo
This is perfect, and so true! Now, if we can just get more of them to believe it! It’s sad really that they just don’t all get it. As always, your pictures are perfect reflections of your thoughts/words. 😀
Keli… so nice to see you back a little more! Thank you for taking the time to read! Yes it is sad… It’s all about the life we live not about what we say about it! 😉
So glad to see you!!!
xoxo
So, so true and so, so stunning. You’ve excelled yourself once again Di.
Thank you! Good to see you! I’ve missed you! You are another one that I need to figure out why I am not getting notified. I need to go over to yours and Paul’s blog right now!
xxoxo
Oh this is just beautiful. Love the collection of pictures going with the words perfectly.
Thank you… I thought that I fell short of photos for this one … the muscle one, actually is of my son and grandson… I was looking for the right pictures, searching the title muscles and thought ” hey wait a minute… I’ve got the “perfect one” in my own backyard” and pulled it up! lol. Thanks for always being such a faithful reader!
xoxo
Aww lol that was sweet 🙂 I will always love your reading and specially you 🙂 Hugs xx
This is so very true, Di. Sad part about it is that it doesn’t take a lot of effort to be “strong”, just a lot of thoughtfulness. Nice job!
Hi Paul!
For some reason I feel that I have missed you! I need to go wander around your pages and see if I missed anything I’m still not automatically getting notified! If you have posted anything since I’ve been there that is.
Thanks for the comments and reading this. Yep it is sad… I don’t get caught up in needing to be strong but I show my transparency in other ways and you are right it really doesn’t take a lot of effort!
xoxo
Crap. This has brought me to my knees. Wonderfully written.
Wow Thank you! What a great comment!
xoxo
Wasn’t aware of ‘crap’ until I hit the button, But I kinda meant it…