What exemplifies strength in my culture:

I was raised in what one might consider a multi-cultural home. My father is from Germany and my mother was from Brazil. Although my mother passed away when I was only three, much of her family, my family, continued to influence me. I was partially raised in Germany and then moved to California at the age of five. Strength is exemplified in my culture, more so how I was raised by my father, in several ways. A strong person can keep their head up and continue to do so even when life’s stresses and strains really start to push their load upon you. Learning from your mistakes also is an example of strength, as is making mistakes and having the will and readiness to try again. The most important of all is to understand, and practice, the fact that all men really are brothers. If you treat the people you meet as your family, with love, kindness and consideration then you really are a strong person. This is true because very often will you encounter people who don’t see eye to eye with you, who don’t understand why you are being nice, or how you are. If you can ignore those who respond negatively to your ways, your compassion, than you really are a strong person and will only become stronger as life happens and time passes.