STRONG MENTALLY OR STRONG PHYSICALLY?

A man told me "I am strong. Many women like strong man, right?"

I smiled. Then i said, "So you are strong physically or mentally?"

He was quite for a moment, thinking of my questions. " I have both," he said.

If you have strong mentally, you will not drink alcohol or even till you drunk," i said.

"I only drink it for fun," he said.

For fun? Yes, for fun because you don't feel fun in the real life. Now, see this two men.

Suddenly, a headmaster of Junior high school became a center of attention. He appeared in the news.

This man had another job beside being a headmaster at school. He was a garbage collector. After teaching at school, the man went to the garbage and find the things which still can be sold.

For some years, he did this job only for getting fund for his wife who suffered from cancer. People were touched for what he had done. He is a headmaster but he is not shy at all to be a garbage collector. But finally, some institutions helped him and he got all fund for his wife. Now, his wife heals from cancer. This man has a strong mentally and physically.

In the other story, in my neighbour, there are a man whose wife suffered from cancer. What did this man do? He went with another woman while his wife struggled to fight cancer.

When people asked him, “Why do you go with another woman while your wife sick?”

Then the man answered, “Let her like that! I’m healthy so I deserve to enjoy my life.”

Many days ago, his wife was died. This man has a strong physically but not mentally.

When people have a strong mentally, they can stand to face every problems in their lives. They keep doing the good thing. When they have strong mentally, they also strong physically. But, the people who are only strong physically, doesn’t mean they are strong in mentally as well.

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Nova Tobing*