Author	Thread: Strength
Rabbit32 View Profile History	Strength Posted : 15 Aug, 2011 10:12 PM What does it mean to be strong? Post Reply
Nkatty View Profile History	Strength Posted : 16 Aug, 2011 01:42 AM I would rather have an emortionally strong man than a physically strong one.....plus a spritually strong person...i.e i would prefer his spiritual maturity/strength to be more than mine!...cause he will be the man of the house...leading in the family alter....what am trying to say is that being strong can be defined differently! Post Reply
View Profile History	Strength Posted : 16 Aug, 2011 06:58 AM It means you can lift heavy things! :) Post Reply
bcpianogal View Profile History	Strength Posted : 16 Aug, 2011 10:58 AM There are different kinds of strength. Physical strength means being able to lift heavy things, open tight jar lids, etc. Emotional strength means that you can handle difficult situations with maturity and calmness. It doesn't mean that you don't get upset, and it doesn't mean that you don't cry or show sensitivity. It just means that you can actually DEAL with difficult situations without having a complete emotional breakdown, and you can support others emotionally who are going through rough times. Spiritual strength means knowing WHAT you believe, WHY you believe it, and being able to stand strong when others attack your beliefs. It also means that you turn to God for all your needs and rely on His strength because your own is too weak. Post Reply
View Profile History	Strength Posted : 16 Aug, 2011 02:13 PM bcpianogal Very good explaination and I definately agree! :angel: Post Reply
teach_ib View Profile History	Strength Posted : 16 Aug, 2011 04:56 PM Ditto... And there should not be an issue with a woman being emotionally, spiritually, or physically strong. God gave us all different talents and abilities. He has allowed us to go through different trials and temptations...gone through different fires with different results. This all makes up who we are and should be a plus in any relationship. We should be able to glean on others' strengths to make up for our weaknesses...and yes, we all have weaknesses. Post Reply
Rabbit32 View Profile History	Strength Posted : 16 Aug, 2011 09:44 PM @ Godsgirl :laugh: What about to the strength to submit to someone who is weaker, not as spiritually mature etc, what thoughts and emotions do you have about that. Post Reply
View Profile History	Strength Posted : 18 Aug, 2011 04:39 AM I define strength as�. 1) Self-awareness� �know thy junk� 2) Self-control 3) Self-efficacy 4) Personal agency�being bias toward action 5) Empathy � being aware of others strengths and weaknesses 6) Communication�willing to communicate about their own weaknesses 7) Interpersonal relationship skills�being willing to be influenced without being intimidated 8) Someone who is aware of the world and not just his or her own personal problems, and someone who views their awareness as a responsibility 9) Someone who accepts and knows what is expected of them 10) Someone who does not run away from reality, through practicing disassociation or displacement but who faces reality and when needed contends with it. 11) Strength is what I like to call maturity Some strengths that are associated with social-emotional intelligence, in Egan�s (2009) book include: � knowledge of life�s obligations and goals � an understanding of cultural conditioning � the guts to admit mistakes and the sense to learn from them � a psychological and a human understanding of others; insight into human interactions � the ability to �see through� situations; the ability to understand the meaning of events � tolerance for ambiguity and the ability to work with it � being comfortable with messy and ill-structured situations � an understanding of the messiness of human beings � openness to events that don�t fit comfortably into logical or traditional categories � the ability to frame a problem so that it is workable; the ability to reframe information � avoidance of stereotypes � holistic thinking; open-mindedness; open-endedness; contextual thinking � �meta-thinking�, or the ability to think about thinking and become aware about being aware � The ability to see relationships among diverse factors � The ability to spot flaws in reasoning � The ability to use intuition effectively � The ability to synthesize � The refusal to let experience become a liability through the creation of blind spots � An understanding of the spiritual dimensions of life Egan, G. (2009) The Skilled Helper: A Problem-Management and Opportunity-Development Approach to Helping. 9th ed. Belmont: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, pp. 14 Post Reply