My Strength In Life

Mental Strength is the most valuable strength in a survival situation because it can not be lost or taken away from someone. According to Caroline Alexander’s article “The Voyage of the James Caird” the crew of the James Caird needed mental strength to survive the dangerous journey. In the article she writes “Worsley, despite the rank discomfort, was in his element. He was conscious of being in the midst of a great adventure---which had been his life’s ambition”(Alexander 185). Here it is shown that despite the physical challenges Worsley was still able to maintain his mental strength which kept him going. Similar to the crew of the James Caird Sherpas that climb Mt. Everest to transport goods also need mental strength to make it through their job. In the article “The Value of the Sherpa Life” by Grayson Schaffer it states “And perhaps most significantly, the amount of time that Sherpas spend making laps through the deadly Khumbu Icefall and up the Lhotse Face”(Schaffer 218). Schaffer explains that despite the physically grueling laps their mental strength which kept them going was maintained. Similar to the Sherpas of Mt. Everest and the crew of the James Caird in Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night he needed mental strength to survive in the concentration camps of World War II. In the book it says “An icy wind was blowing violently. But we marched without faltering”(Wiesel 85). Shown here is that even when the physical conditions were anything but pleasant Eliezer

Strength was not just physically being strong but emotionally being able to keep themselves together. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet had to try and keep herself together when she knew that Romeo was going to be banished after he killed her cousin Tybalt. She was being as strong as she could before she went to Friar Laurence for advice. After she left the church she knew that she was going to have to be strong and lie to her family about her marriage with Paris and that it was not going to happen. After she had taken the poison and Romeo found her in the tomb he had to try and be strong as well, but he just could not live without her, so he killed himself to be with her. Strength is also a theme for the book The Odyssey. Odysseus left his whole family behind when he went to war. His mother could not deal with the fact that he might have been killed in the war so she tried to be strong but she later committed suicide. Penelope also was strong and raised her child while her husband was gone to war and lived everyday as if her husband was still alive. Telemachus was pretty strong too because he had no father to tell him how to be a man, all he had was the men that were trying to marry his mother. Strength was a big part of both books. In real life being strong is important. Not only in a relationship, but in any matter. If your parents are going through a divorce, that could also be an example of you being strong. Strength is more than just physical strength, it is also

One example of inner strength and perseverance would be the moment that Melba decided she was going to be a warrior. “I think only the warrior exists in me now. Melba went away to hide. She was too frightened to stay here” (Beals 170). This quote, in essence, shows that she killed her old self and had to become a whole new person in order to survive the new school year. She had to shed all of her old insecurities and emotions that plagued her in order to survive Little Rock. Consequently this also meant that she lost all of her old friends and her boyfriend because of how different she became.

Flurries of snow roiled in motion under the command of capricious, roaring winds. I stood and marveled at the sight as my eyes traced the white balls thudding against the ground and architectures all at once at exactly the same speeds. Particles of snow danced in joyful synchronization in mid December of ‘05. This was my earliest recollection. This was the day I left my family 12,678 kilometers away to come to the United states for the pursuit of a better way of life. I remember sitting on a rusty old bench on the first day of Kindergarten. The sounds of children at play echoed from the playground, stomping and running and laughing. None of the worries of adults crossed their minds, only how to elude capture by their friends. The rhythmic creaking of swings went back and forth, and some kids tried to time their jumps from the swings to the rhythm. I was one of those children growing up who would pry open a brand new remote control car to pull every component apart than play with it. I surmise this is where my love of engineering truly began.

Since her mother died she has had to put up with her abusive father who doesn't really care about Lily. Having to not only deal with this but the fact that she doesn't have any friends in school doesn't really help. “People who think dying is the worst thing don’t know a thing about life.” Lily says this in the beginning of the novel. This is an important quote showing Lily’s bravery because Lily’s life has been profoundly affected by her mother’s death. This statement suggests that living with someone else’s death can be more painful than dying. She grew up without a mother and the taunting guiltiness that she killed her own mother. In some ways I share this quality with Lily. At times I can be a brave person but like everybody else I'm not always so brave. One time when I was brave was when I was first coming into the high school. I was always so nervous at just the thought of high school so when the big day came I was very anxious. I was brave enough to get through it all and now I'm more comfortable in the

Bro constantly gave me a little motivational saying before each match simply saying, “Nobody works as hard as you, you are in better condition, you are sure as hell tougher, now go kick some ass.” Something along those lines at least. These little saying that bro would give me before each match are what helped build up my mental toughness. An athlete that has gone through what Bro and I have gone through, relies on mental toughness to keep them going when the feeling of breaking appears both mentally and physically. In an article Rainer Wieser and Haymo Thiel explain the same idea of mental toughness allowing for factors like achieving or failing in the process of attempting to accomplish a goal. Wieser and thiel explain when someone has reached their final limits “The only difference for their success could depend on psychological components.” I thought I had reached this point of my limits when I lost the wrestling match in about thirty seconds. Once I gained motivation and reorganized my state of mind, I realized I had not reached my limits. Thanks to my Bro, I had gotten my proper motivation that got me back on track for success. I am both physically and mentally a badass.

Throughout the novel, Lily is able to depend only on herself and her own strength to get through tough times. When she was only eight years old, her family was hit by a flash flood that threatened their home. Her father

Mental strength can help keep a survivor keep calm under pressure. In the Life Of Pi, the protagonist, Pi, uses training a tiger to keep his mind off of the fact that he was stranded in the ocean. "I pushed myself off, not forgetting to blow the whistle

Mental toughness starts with letting nothing get to you. My favorite saying is, “ If you stop moving, you die.” And I learned this at a young age. That if you are constantly doing something or keeping your mind thinking and constantly keeping your mind in motion, apart of your body dies, because there comes a point where your body is literally falling apart , because you aren't doing anything. I believe that this not true for me, because I am constantly at sports, doing homework, or just with friends. No one can tell me no. Once my mind is attracted to something, there is no way of stopping me. You better get out the way or join the train.

My main strength is the desire I have to complete my personal and professional goals. The support of my family, especially my mother and enthusiasm of my daughter when she sees me studying encourages me and gives me the necessary strength to keep going. My daughter every time she asks me when I am going to go work in the hospital like grandma, she wanted me to finish studying already and take my tests so that I can get dressed as a nurse, this gives me strength every day and in union with my desire to achieve my goals, this time nothing will stop me until the end and with my effort and the help of my family, Keiser University, Professors and especially God I will accomplish it. "A mentor is an experienced nurse who is committed to nursing and

Inner strength is something I have learned to rely on from a young age. I used to think the world would take care of me if I quit and no one would care. The key to learning inner strength and how I hold it so close now all stems from when I joined a swim team. I started swimming at a very young age on a team and quickly rose up the rankings on a national level. Even then it was talent that got me there and I would often skip or put minimal effort into practices. Soon after going into high school I joined the USA swim team. Filled with confidence I expected more of the same, easy workouts, small competition, very little on the line. All my expectations were shattered after the first month of practice. There was no skipping, no quitting, and no sympathy. I was defeated, I begged to be taken out and join the amateur team again. My pleas went unheard and the only thing that kept me going was something my coach said. He said “you can be great, but you

Lily for the most part tries to remain positive. But there are times you will see why they say she has storms reflecting in her eyes. She has a strong protective streak and can't stand it when someone picks on the weak. It's probably why she and her main pokemon Dynami get along so well. They make a dynamic duo when it comes to helping those around them. At times it can be hard, but Lily refuses to give up and remains determined to continue her family’s

A thing in my life that has helped me keep my physical resiliency is working out every morning. Since I have had experience with depression, there was a point in my life where I wouldn’t get up for a whole day and I would just sleep. Waking up at four in the morning, every morning, not only improves my physical resilience but as well as my emotional, and mental resilience. I discipline myself to wake up every morning to do something with a purpose and working out has truly boosted my mood because I feel better about myself and I am getting healthier.

Mental Strength is a quality I have developed over my time as a distance runner. Through my training, I must constantly push through pain barriers. There are many times I am challenged as a runner during races and training when my whole body is hurting and my brain is telling me to slow down or stop. I have learned to use my mental strength to block out those thoughts and instead think positive ones. I also must use mental strength during winter training where every session I do is incredibly long and strenuous. I use my mental strength to stick to my paces and push through the pain. To help develop my mental strength I try to train in adverse conditions. In winter I try to do my jogs in tough conditions like when it is pouring rain or really

I was thinking, “Am I an obstacle on the path of my husband's achievement. He wanted to use me as the stepping stone for his success. He disregarded my love, affection and romantic overture because I am a woman.”