Underestimating Ourselves

Do you know that you are stronger than you think?

Being a human being isn’t easy.

You have to go through a lot of things to make a life out of it.

This means that most of us are really brave and strong to have come this far.

But we do not give ourselves the due credit for doing so well in life.

It’s because we consider ourselves to be weak, vulnerable, and fragile.

We may be all those things but we are also strong, resilient, and relentless.

So, why do we focus only on our weaknesses and not on our strengths?

It’s because that’s how nature intends us to be.

We feel ourselves to be weak so that we remain grounded and balanced in life.

It is a setup by nature so that we do not start taking life for granted.

But it doesn’t mean that we should ignore the inner strength we possess.

At times, when you feel weak and hopeless, you need to remind yourself that you are stronger than you think.

You Are Stronger Than You Think

So, how can you confirm that you are stronger than you think?

You Do Not Know Your Aggregate Strength

The first reason why you are stronger than you think you are is because you cannot feel your gathered strength over the years in a single moment.

To put it another way, your present grabs most of your attention and you believe only what it shows you or makes you feel.

So, if you are having a hard time, you think that your life is too hard and that you are too weak.

Also, even when you try to think of all the things that would impart strength to you, you are only able to remember them faintly.

If you could have perfect information about your life at a given moment, you would have realized how strong you are.

You would have been in a position to see that you are a survivor, a fighter, and an achiever in many respects.

You would realize how much you have gone through in life and still, you are standing tall and facing bravely every challenge life is throwing at you.

You would see that you have never given up indefinitely in your life.

Whenever you have fallen, you have risen again with greater determination.

You have come out of hopelessness and many lows that you have seen.

And from there, you have improved yourself to make yourself deserving of success and all you desire.

Also, despite all the obstacles, challenges, and failures you faced in life, you have achieved so much in your life.

Your achievements have made you the person you are today.

And you have done all that peacefully and with a lot of patience.

On the way, you have also forgiven people for their mistakes and have grown constantly stronger.

Thus, if you could remember your life in a nutshell, you would have known that you are stronger than you think.

You Do Not Know Your Present Strength

The second reason why you are stronger than you think is because you cannot feel how strong you are in the present moment. 

How strong do you feel yourself to be in this present moment?

You may not feel too strong but your mind and your body are multitasking with many complex functions which are meant to make and keep you extremely strong.

They are holding you steady, keeping you extremely alert, and making you capable of all the adjustments and improvisations you need to make in this present moment.

Thus, you are powerful and fully capable of carrying out all the normal functions you need to perform in this given moment.

But you may not be able to think or feel these things.

Only when you start doing what you need to do, would you be able to do them.

This re-emphasizes the fact that you are stronger than you think you are.

You Do Not Know Your Capabilities

The third reason why you are stronger than you think is because you are unaware of your capabilities to handle any immediate external threat or challenge.

If there is an immediate threat to you that needs you to enhance your capabilities to the next level, you are fully capable of doing it.

You can think of the best possible plan to protect yourself and take the best possible actions to support that plan and make it a success.

You can even do the things you have never done before or do not have the experience or practice of doing.

But you might not be able to think of all these hidden capabilities of yours.

They can only first be done and then known & thought about later.

This again tells us that you are stronger than you think.

Your Thoughts Can Never Scale Your Strengths

Our strength is a physical asset that we can showcase only by doing.

But our thoughts are the intangible assets that we can only feel.

Thus, we cannot feel what we haven’t yet done.

Hence our thoughts cannot measure or determine our strengths. 

This means that our thoughts are incapable of matching or scaling our strengths.

Thus, the statement ‘you are stronger than you think’ is always true for us.

When you absorb this reality, your self love rises exponentially to reach its zenith within you.