The Quiet Strength of Carrying On

What is one word that describes you?

Resilient.

Not in the loud, chest-beating, “look at me conquering mountains” kind of way…
but the quieter version.

The kind that gets up when it doesn’t particularly want to.

The kind that’s taken a few hits from life—
and I mean proper hits—
and instead of pretending they didn’t hurt,
sat with them, learned from them,
and carried on anyway.

Because if there’s one thing life has a habit of reminding us,
it’s that it’s fragile… blink-and-you-miss-it fragile. 

So you adapt.

You bend a little.

You find your way through the chaos—
whether that’s through scribbles on a page,
a bit of soul-searching,
or just taking a quiet moment to breathe and reset. 

Resilient doesn’t mean unbreakable.
Far from it.

It means you’ve cracked a few times,
but you’ve learned how to put yourself back together—
not the same as before,
but maybe… a little wiser.

A little softer in the right places,
and a little tougher where it counts.

Stay safe,
Bc

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About Bob W Christian

I’m Bob Christian; a husband, father, grandfather and cat dad. I’m a dyslexic poet. I am on the Autism Spectrum and I started writing poetry, or scribbles as I’ve always referred to them, to help me to process my thoughts and emotions. It’s also helped with my PTSD. It’s gone from there and after over 20 years is still going strong, I’m now finally dabbling in to photography as I’ve been told I have a good eye.

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