We all have been told, that we do not use 100% of our brains, we never even scratch the surface of what it is capable of. Well I must say in my life i have heard and seen many things, that prove to me how powerful the mind is. It makes me relise and admire the power it has, and the people who seem to harness it past the average person.
I have read stories of soldiers, in great pain, dieing, and so forth, but given a fake pill to deaden the pain, and it worked. The mind turning off all around them with the belief the pill was a pain killer. But beyond physical pain i have met people and talked with them that show me that even the hardest of things can be overcome with the power of the mind.
I admire people who have mental pain, caused by trama of some sort. The kinds of mental anguish most of us would never want to endure or experiance ever. While some people offer sympathy, or try to understand, i personally chose to admire. Yes i am like others i want to understand, but that is because to understand is to know, and to know is to see, and to see it to be able to prevent. However irst and formost i have to admire those who use their mind in ways others fail.
I have meet people who have learned to turn the mental pain off, or learned how to block it. which some say is not a good thing, but i see it as the use of the mind past its normal average use. If they can use their mind, to heal themselfs, if they can use their mind, to protect themselfs then they are harnessing more of their minds power then i know how to harness. I admire them for their abilitys. Their abilitys to deal with their pains, and to be able to seperate pain, from their current existance. To me this is a wonder i myself can not fathom or understand.
To me it shows a strength unknown to many, it shows a strength many can not grasp. And those few i have met and talked to who can use mental strength to harness their own type of healing is admiring and awe inspiring to me. However i have also noticed these same individuals, use this mental strength to much at times, and the live by it and thru it which can make things rougher on them mentally. I wish i knew how to assist them, in dividing the strength so its balanced, but i have no idea how to help. They tend to think by their strength they are in control, and when they let those walls down that they are some how out of control. I wish i could help them to understand, that by allowing those walls to fall for specific individuals, they are not weak, but stronger for it. By allowing another to hear and understand, by allowing another in to share even just the verbal expressions of such horrors and bad times. For me sharing things heart felt, either in love, or in despair have been my hardest things, and even i feel open and vulnerable when i express them to special individuals. However i also know that by letting them in to hear, and share my experiances that i am stronger for it.
For sharing with another, is probably the greatest strength we have, yet its also the greatest weakness. This sounds strange but it is, we as humans protect ourselfs, for we control ourselfs while the world changes around us. We have one small control over the world, and that is who we are, and how we act. So when we let down, and share this with another it feels like we are weak. When infact we are not. It is similar to the expression, that the stronger man will not fight, while the weaker man rely's on the fight to feel in control, when it is the one who can control their emotions and avoid the confrontation who is much stronger. Just like that we must learn to harness our mental strengths to protect us, but at the same time we must relise that we also need to share with another our past and current pains. By sharing we are not asking for help, we are not asking for a shoulder, but we are saying, i believe in you as a person, and i trust you as a friend. This then makes us stronger for trusting, for trust is the hardest of all things to give someone. We have to remember tho, that trust is first given, and those receiving must maintain that trust, it is not free, but it should be given freely when you feel a kindship to someone. If they fail to uphold that trust then we have the right to remove it, and never give it back, or make the road back as long and hard as possible.
The human mind, is probably the one thing we can but can not control. we control it but it also controls us. We should always remember to allow ourselfs the room for it to grow, room for it to share, and room for it to defend us when needed. When all else fails, and noone is there, rely on your mind, but maintain in your mind the ability to let go at some point.
This was inspired by someone i find close in my heart, she knows who she is, and i would like to thank her for letting me into her world, and trusting me with things she tells me. She is one of the strongest people i have ever known and i hope to one day have the same strength she has. For she amazes me with her mental fortitude, a fortitude many soldiers wish they had after seeing war firsthand. My hat off to hear, and my friendship, admiration, and love for her as she is always...
