Weaknesses that can become your strengths
@shooting_star (384)
Philippines
November 10, 2007 11:17pm CST
It sounds like a contradiction, doesn't it? But we all know that nobody's perfect; we all have our weaknesses. The question is, do you have weaknesses that you turn into strengths?
I, for example, tend to cry easily. It's one of my weaknesses. I get teary-eyed at happy endings in movies/tv shows. When I read awfully messages from my boyfriend (who I haven't seen in months), I can feel a tear or two sliding down my cheek. There was even a period at work when I got known as someone who cried during an evaluation process. (Now I find it funny when I look back at it, but at that time I was stressed and scared).
But, there have been times that I used this crying weakness to my advantage. I've willed myself to cry to get out of trouble lots of times. I've used it on my parents, co-workers, and boys. Things go my way after I start crying. But I don't bawl or scream. I just do the silent crying thing, with a few sniffles, then things get better most of the time. Lol. :)
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@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
11 Nov 07
My weakness is walking away, yes at any time I am upset with someone or upset about anything I walk away, and this in my past has ruined good friendships as i haven't dealt with certain problems, I am working on this these days, just to stay and fix any problems as sometimes you walk out of peoples lives.
@shooting_star (384)
• Philippines
13 Nov 07
It's good to know that you are working on this weakness so as to avoid walking out of other people's lives. But hopefully you can tell your friends that you'd rather walk away than say something hurtful to them when you're upset; that this is the way you deal with your feelings. They would probably understand if they were really your friends, and they wouldn't think that you're walking out of their lives.
@stanzi2007 (602)
• United States
7 Dec 07
dear shooting-star...i don't know where to start in writing about my weaknesses, lol...there are too many...i am very flawed as an individual...people either really love me or think i'm terrible...no middle ground...but it's funny i went to this site..the numberslady.com and had a free reading done on my birthdate numbers and it said the same thing about me..lol,lol...anyway i too have been known to cry very easily, since i was a little girl, but sometimes it has helped in a very dangerous situation in losangeles, when i almost got raped by a strange guy, and i cried such pitiful tears, when i was 23 years old that he let me go and i survived, even with a knife at my neck...but at the same time i was praying to God with all my heart and soul not to get raped too. may God also bless you and your family, always....stanzi
@shooting_star (384)
• Philippines
7 Dec 07
I'm sorry to hear that you were almost raped, but I am also glad that because you were able to cry, he took pity on you and let you go. I don't think all rapists would have taken pity on a crying woman; some of them are just really heartless. Good thing you were also praying to God. I guess he heard your prayers right then and made you cry so that the rapist would let you go. May he continue to bless you and your family always. :)
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@stanzi2007 (602)
• United States
7 Dec 07
dear shooting star...i just remember again, that terrible moment in los angeles, now that i'm thinking about it,,,it really was a miracle because when i was crying and praying at the same time, i was staring into his eyes in the passenger seat in front seat of his car and he had the knife around the back of my neck into it, and he was looking very mean at me...then after awhile i noticed that his eyes kind of glazed over, like he was in a trance, and thats when i made my move and grabbed my door handle and jumped out of the car and ran down the railroad tracks, and laughed and cried at the same time that God had released me from the rapist...stanzi
@mckoyliwag (1)
• Philippines
17 Jan 08
my biggeest weakness is my sweetie. i have given her my whole heart. but, she's also my greatest strength. with her in my life, i can do almost anything ...anything that would make her heart smile. =)
