weakness is your springboard.

I'm reading a wise book called "Courage to Surrender" (Tommy Hellsten.) His favorite topic seems to be weakness, which he claims is the basis by which we become strong. "We are able to grow only to the extent that we are willing to embrace our weakness." So stands corrected my former belief that we can only rise as high as we have sunk low. Truly, the severity of our weakness is insignificant. Our capacity to grow is catalyzed by two things: Consistently doing things that promote growth, and embracing the weaknesses that make us wonderfully human. First we recognize. Then we remain aware, then accept, and finally, embrace weakness, which is to say that we love ourselves purely for who we are. Then we have a springboard wherever we go.