^Flex ^Prepare ^Strongly ^Stretch ^Maintain ~firm~ ~ready~ ~strength~ ~rude~ ~STRONG~

1. ^Renew it. 
   1. ^Wonderful ~life~ with ~space~ to ^Celebrate ^Regularly ~as~ we ^Forget about ~weakness~ and just ^Live. 
   2. ^Exemplary ~restore~ ~as~ we ^Tend to ^Believe to ^Follow a ^Good ~example~ in our ~memories~ or ~imagination~ that may ^Match it. 
2. ^Organize it. 
   1. Regular ~agency~ (not ~inconsistent~). 
   2. ^Normal ^No (not too soft in ~sorrow~ nor too ~loud~ in ~anger~). 
3. ^Direct it. 
   1. Gracious ~cooperation~ (not too imprecise nor too ^Naughty). 
   2. Ongoing ~independence~ (not too dependent, not in ~conflict~ and not in a ~tangle~). 
4. ^Serve it. 
   1. Solidly ~function~ in our ~belief~ and ~knowledge~ (not ~confused~). 
   2. ^Terrific and ^Happy ~communication~ (not in ~weakness~ and not in ~deception~). 

^STRONG is a mode of ^MESS and a ~stretch~ of ~mind~ to ^Prepare us to ^Work on a ~goal~ or ~weakness~.  ^STRONG is an acronym for Solid ~function~, ^Terrific ~empathy~, Regular ~agency~, Ongoing ~independence~, ^Normal ~boundary~ and Gracious ~cooperation~. 

This is ^Good for those ^Who can ^Dance.  That is you!  You got the right stuff, I ^Know it!  We have ~food~ for our ~body~.  ^Likewise, we ^Need ~strength~ to ^Prepare us to ^Heal. 

It may ^Cause a ~MESS~ ^When we don't ^Apply it after we ^Hold its ~power~. 

Although it may ^Appear ~as~ the ~opposite~ of ~SICK~, we don't ^Use it merely ~as~ its ~complement~.  It doesn't ^Show that we are ~healthy~ at all but rather that our distortions ^Work ^Adequately to ^Overcome an ~obstacle~ of ~weakness~ or wound.  From it we ^Hope that the pain of ~harm~ may ^Hurt us ^No ^More.  ^Strength is a ~signal~ and ^Ample ~test~ to ^Tell us ^When we are ~ready~ to ^Work on at least ^One ~goal~ or to ^Improve upon our distortions.  ^Consider that ~strength~ is ~like~ a ~weakness~ except it has ^No option in it to ^Escape or ^Grow until we ^Try to do something with it. 

^Restore it ^Regularly. 

^Notice anytime so we can ^Take a ~chance~ in our ^BEST ~moment~ to ^Choose to ^Heal.  But to the extent we ^Lack methods to ^Heal, that is ^Okay.  ^Let ~strength~ ^Persist our distortions until we can ^Trust ourselves to ^Start to ^Remove or ^Refuse ^Needless distortions in ~safety~. 

Do not ^Deceive ourselves here!  A ~strength~ doesn't mean we are done healing but it means that we are ~ready~ to ^Heal ^Again. 

^Notice it or its ~parts~ anytime to ^Help us ^Discern and ^Unmask our ~emotion~.