Is it really worth it?

[nats]

i'm not sure that emotional strength stops things from knocking you flat. what it seems to do is give you reasons and abilities to get up and keep going more easily after. you are strong, but you will still feel pain when things hurt. that's just part of being human. it's the process of recovering and moving on from knocks that gets better through T, personal development, and maturity (yes, this is entirely personal opinion ;-)