Tuesday, April 29, 2025 — The Softness Within Strength
Weekly Theme: The Power That Holds Us
Strength is not always the roar.
Sometimes it is the hush that holds.
The tender hands that choose not to let go.
Words of Light
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”
— 2 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV)
Reflection
You were not created to be hard to be strong.
You were not called to be unbreakable to be valuable.
The softness within you — your tenderness, your sensitivity — is not a liability; it is a mark of the treasure within you.
Strength is the willingness to love anyway.
To stay open when it would be easier to shut down.
To believe in goodness when you’ve seen too much darkness.
- Where have you mistaken hardness for strength?
- How can you honor the soft, sacred places in you today?
Affirmation
My softness is sacred. My tenderness is strength.
Peace,
Rita
Rita Lynn Berry, EdS, LCMHC
Therapist | Poet | Author | Creator of Journey to Me™
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