and an open question

[Yan Zhu]

I was reading an Aikido book and came upon a passage talking about the meaning of "being strong."
I really like the author's interpretation. I'll get to that later but first I like to ask what does "being strong"
mean to you?

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"Imagination is greater than knowledge."
- Albert Einstein

[Budodad]

"Being Strong" to me means being strong in mind, spirit, and body.
The strong mind gives us the mental fortitude to deal with life's
everyday tribulations and strife and gives us the balance to find the
positive solution in these situations. Being strong in spirit means
that we walk our paths with concern for not only our selves but others
and our spirit reflects our joy in being around those we care about.
Finally, to me being strong in body means that we are physically fit
within our own capabilities and that we are in tune with our physical
strengths and weaknesses and have learned to adapt to those
attributes. This is just my simple interpretation so don't laugh to
hard. :)

[Yan Zhu]

good one my friend, and that's pretty much what I think as well, but I also liked what this author had to say, something like:

Being strong is to have the ability to say "I have lived a wonderful life" at any moment when death becomes imminent.

Isn't that something?

[Ashley Lee]

Anthony Hopkins said it well in the movie Meet Joe Black, "I'm going to break precedence and tell you my one candle wish: that you would have a life, as lucky as mine where you can wake up one morning and say, "I don't want anything more""...

That would truely be something.

--
Ashley Lee

[Ernest]

That reminds me of what I had read about the warriors of the plains
indians, they approached life with this attitude every morning..
" Today is a good day to die." I know a little mello-dramatic, but to
me ...
to approach every day as if it is your last, and then not only
physcally die, but "die" by pouring out yourself, our passion's, our
love , our belief's....lto the point that, ( to borrow your quote
Ashley " "I don't want anything more""...


On Oct 7, 6:29 pm, "Ashley Lee" <ashleylee.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anthony Hopkins said it well in the movie *Meet Joe Black*, "I'm going to

> break precedence and tell you my one candle wish: that you would have a
> life, as lucky as mine where you can wake up one morning and say, "I don't
> want anything more""...
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> That would truely be something.

> On 10/5/07, Yan Zhu <thenakedsingular...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > good one my friend, and that's pretty much what I think as well, but I
> > also liked what this author had to say, something like:
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> > Being strong is to have the ability to say "I have lived a wonderful life"
> > at any moment when death becomes imminent.
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> > Isn't that something?
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