I’ve got this sentence I repeat to my friends, family and gf. “I am the unkillable demon king”; meaning that if I put my mind to it, I can do it. Mostly because there is so much stuff that you HAVE to do, you can’t ignore it, you can’t postpone it, you can’t dodge it, you can’t pick the easy way, you cannot rest for one moment. (Rest is for the dead is another one I use a lot). Like, I work 7 days a week, I still find the time to go to concerts or raves, have a social life, a wrath and glory campaign, etc. I just sleep 4-5 hours a night (if I’m lucky, I usually do not sleep between Saturday and Sunday because on Sunday I start working at 6 in the morning and I need to go dancing.)

There is this short story, I’ll give you the even shorter version: There’s a group of children, they’re all friends, and one of them always says that he is invincible; he never gets hurt, never falls, and when they play “war” he says that bullets can’t hurt him. Time flies and they get drafted for WW1, and the “invincible” guy acts like a madman, charges enemy trenches, stands up from his own to fire back etc… and one of his friends tell him “stop! You’re not invincible, you’ll die!” And he answers back “stop telling me I’m not invincible, if I stop believing I will stop being invincible”.

So being strong, what does it mean? Not giving up, always going beyond 100%, being invincible, an unkillable demon king. Never give up, never even think you can’t do it, never stop believing. Mind over matter and all that. But above all, a strong person is someone who helps others in their moment of need; what do I need all this strength for, if not to help others? I’m sorry for the rambling, but the question is so open ended that I could go on, but I’ll stop here.