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This essay is about who the strongest person is. The strongest person is the one who stands alone.
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Brendan Paget
Mrs. McNeil
ENG 2DB
23 September 2015
The Strongest Person Is The One Who Stands Alone
Humans have a variety of different strengths. The two that are most common to us
are our physical, and mental strength. So, how do I become strong? Do I lift weights at
home or go to the gym everyday? Do I eat healthy or change my diet completely? Do I
need more rest than usual or stay up and work out? All of those ideas are great for
improving your physical strength. However, before all of that happens, you need to be
strong mentally. Poet Henrik Ibsen once said the strongest person is the one who
stands alone. The people who stand alone and seem to have very few friends, are the
people who are very strong mentally. These people have no one to rely on or count on
for support, and yet they still manage to push through the challenges. Being strong
mentally is one of the hardest strengths to understand and learn by ourselves. But
knowing yourself and what you can do, can help you understand and overcome your
toughest weaknesses.
When people are alone, most of the time they teach themselves many different
attributes. They start to do tasks and solve problems alone with no one by their side.
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They then realize that they don't need anyone for support and can do things on their
own. Even when you really need support, people who are alone tend to always get the
tasks done. Any challenges or decisions they face, it is up to them to decide what to do.
People who are always alone are very knowledgable. They make the right decision, and
not go with what someone else says because they know that they can do it on their own.
To become strong mentally, you need to be able to realize the truth around you.
You may not like the truth but you have to embrace it. You may feel down on yourself
but you can always go to someone you trust. When I feel down I often go to one of my
family members or friends and tell them how I feel. People who are alone may not have
that outlet to go to. They have to face it themselves, alone, which is very impressive and
can be very scary for the person. It is not easy to get over sadness, and is even harder to
do it by yourself.
No one likes to feel alone. No one to count on. No one for support. Abandoned.
Loneliness is one of those words that makes you almost cringe. No one wants to
experience loneliness, no one strives to be alone, but when you are alone you start to get
used to it. Loners don't see the word loneliness or alone as a frightening word
which makes them much more mentally stronger than us. Many of us have or is
experiencing loneliness. It then depends on the person how long it will take to get out.
Being alone makes you feel out of place. You feel like a lion in a bears cage, you want
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to get out but don't know how. When you find that way out, you build up your mental
strength and can then help others out.
So next time you see someone in the halls or anywhere, who looks lonely and
doesn't have much support, include them in activities and help them to have fun, make
them feel like someone cares and that someone has their back. People who are lonely
will do anything for support from someone else. This will build them up mentally as a
person. In my eyes, real strength is having the strength to do what people are scared to
do and can do it by themselves, and no one, no one wants to feel alone. Always keep
your head up, God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers, and the strongest
people are the are the ones who stand alone.