The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest

210 BRIANNA WIEST
When you’re controlling your emotions, you do know how
you feel, and your behavior seems within your control.
The answer is that when you’re in traffic, or in an argument,
or dealing with a difficult coworker, you should be aware
of how you feel but still in control of how you respond.
Emotions are temporary, but behaviors are permanent.
You are always responsible for how you choose to act.
We often think that the measure of physical strength
is how much weight we can bear, how long we can run,
or how pronounced our muscles are. In reality, physical
strength is a measure of how efficiently the body runs itself,
how capable it is of effectively performing day-to-day
tasks and occasional challenges when they arise.
Mental health is the exact same way. It is not a measure
of how happy we seem, how perfect things are, or how
unconditionally “positive” we can be, but that we are able
to move through day-to-day life and the occasional challenge
with enough fluidity and reason that we aren’t stifled
or held back by ourselves.
Amy Morin very famously disclosed some of the things
that mentally strong people don’t do. Identifying their
habits and behaviors is essential, but what if you just aren’t
there yet? If you want to become a mentally strong person,
this is where you begin.