“Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is born that is weaker than man, and yet nothing is more bold.”
— Homer Greek
Homer captured the great paradox of humanity in the Odyssey - we are the most fragile creatures, yet we dare to challenge gods, cross oceans, and build civilizations. Our weakness is the source of our courage.
I sang of heroes not because they were invincible, but because they were mortal. Achilles knew he would die at Troy and went anyway. Odysseus endured twenty years to return home. Your strength is not that you cannot be broken - it is that you choose to stand up after you are.