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Brendan Paget

Mrs. McNeil

ENG 2DB

23 September 2015

The Strongest Person Is The One Who Stands Alone

Humans have a variety of different strengths. The two that are most common to us

are our physical, and mental strength. So, how do I become strong? Do I lift weights at

home or go to the gym everyday? Do I eat healthy or change my diet completely? Do I

need more rest than usual or stay up and work out? All of those ideas are great for

improving your physical strength. However, before all of that happens, you need to be

strong mentally. Poet Henrik Ibsen once said the strongest person is the one who

stands alone. The people who stand alone and seem to have very few friends, are the

people who are very strong mentally. These people have no one to rely on or count on

for support, and yet they still manage to push through the challenges. Being strong

mentally is one of the hardest strengths to understand and learn by ourselves. But

knowing yourself and what you can do, can help you understand and overcome your

toughest weaknesses.

When people are alone, most of the time they teach themselves many different

attributes. They start to do tasks and solve problems alone with no one by their side.

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They then realize that they don't need anyone for support and can do things on their

own. Even when you really need support, people who are alone tend to always get the

tasks done. Any challenges or decisions they face, it is up to them to decide what to do.

People who are always alone are very knowledgable. They make the right decision, and

not go with what someone else says because they know that they can do it on their own.

To become strong mentally, you need to be able to realize the truth around you.

You may not like the truth but you have to embrace it. You may feel down on yourself

but you can always go to someone you trust. When I feel down I often go to one of my

family members or friends and tell them how I feel. People who are alone may not have

that outlet to go to. They have to face it themselves, alone, which is very impressive and

can be very scary for the person. It is not easy to get over sadness, and is even harder to

do it by yourself.

No one likes to feel alone. No one to count on. No one for support. Abandoned.

Loneliness is one of those words that makes you almost cringe. No one wants to

experience loneliness, no one strives to be alone, but when you are alone you start to get

used to it. Loners don't see the word loneliness or alone as a frightening word

which makes them much more mentally stronger than us. Many of us have or is

experiencing loneliness. It then depends on the person how long it will take to get out.

Being alone makes you feel out of place. You feel like a lion in a bears cage, you want

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to get out but don't know how. When you find that way out, you build up your mental

strength and can then help others out.

So next time you see someone in the halls or anywhere, who looks lonely and

doesn't have much support, include them in activities and help them to have fun, make

them feel like someone cares and that someone has their back. People who are lonely

will do anything for support from someone else. This will build them up mentally as a

person. In my eyes, real strength is having the strength to do what people are scared to

do and can do it by themselves, and no one, no one wants to feel alone. Always keep

your head up, God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers, and the strongest

people are the are the ones who stand alone.