The Altruistic Reason To Be Strong
But as life is, in fact, suffering; and as suffering is hard to bear, those who wish to be helpful need to go beyond good intentions to find strength. It might be their way of getting out of the comfort zone and integrating their own shadows.
The weight of life might be too heavy for weak people to carry alone, and a lot of times not because of their lack of will. Therefore moral and mental toughness can be not only a way for you not to weigh on other people with the unbearable suffering of your own life, but as a meaning for those who wish to be a pillar of support for those who truly need it.
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