Strength Is Overrated

Yes, you read that right. Culturally, we spend way too much time on strength. We evaluate strength, rate strength, and reframe so many of the things we do as strengths.

This focus annoys me because so often, it feels like the only thing being honored when there are so many things that make people exceptional. What gets us through the grey and darker times isn’t just strength. It’s tenacity, flexibility, courage, resignation, ingenuity, cussedness, and possibly knowing someone will come back from the dead to kick you in the ass if you do something too stupid.