You are misunderstanding. I don’t know what is right, that’s why I said maybe. At best, I know what is right to me/for me. Strong can mean many things.

I decided to look at the dictionary, was curious.

“able to withstand great force or pressure.”

I would say pressure comes in many forms, including emotions. It’s relative as strengths and weaknesses are relative to some baseline, real or desired.

If one cannot withhold emotions and another can, one has a tool the other does not. How useful it is… depends. Tools can reinforce our strength. Like a gun, it can be helpful or destructive. The tool isn’t the issue, it’s the intentions/actions.

True kindness can only exist where there is a choice, not a compulsion.

Christ could have stopped his crucifixion, yet he allowed it. That is why he is worthy of praise. How much did he withhold? Would it have been stronger to destroy all of the Roman guard, or was his suffering a greater demonstration of strength by restraint?

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