As I’ve gotten older, my perception of strength has gradually changed. I once focused purely on willpower–denying things I saw as negative, and clinging to things I deemed as positive–but I ended up becoming jaded, closed-minded, and reactive.
Then I shifted focus onto allowing all internal negativity (not necessarily acting on it in an outward sense, because that might get me in trouble or destroy my relationships), trusting if I allowed it to flow, it would go on its own, courtesy of a default benevolence. So instead of willpower, I focus on internal surrender, and find myself effortlessly reverting to a state of positive openness. It’s similar to what I felt as a child, without the naivete or need for supervision.
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