It takes strength to be firm,
It takes courage to be gentle.
It takes strength to conquer,
It takes courage to surrender.
It takes strength to be certain,
It takes courage to have doubt.
It takes strength to fit in,
It takes courage to stand out.
It takes strength to feel a friend’s pain,
It takes courage to feel your own pain.
It takes strength to endure abuse,
It takes courage to stop it.
It takes strength to stand alone,
It takes courage to lean on another.
It takes strength to love,
It takes courage to be loved.
It takes strength to survive,
It takes courage to live.
Whispers of Immortality 
Remind me of our school hymn ” it take courage to be true” one of my favorite of all time.
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Yeah.. 🙂 I was just browsing some thing when I stumbled on to this one, it is a very simple and general poem, I too have written one on the same lines.
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Yeah It’s a good one, simple and inspiring, I m sure on basis of your writing style that it too has same essence, same power.
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it is a bit different and longer..
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I was referring to this poem..: Go ahead give it a read, I promise it will be worth your time:
https://whispersofimmortality.com/2015/01/24/courage/
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It’s more than worth a read, Great work. And In Context of it will say “it take courage to live, it take courage to be vulnerable, to feel, to do what you want.”
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Thank you …:)
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