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Victoria Isaiah
Student @ University of Abuja
The Strength in Softness: Redefining What It Means to Be Strong
<p><br/></p><p>For too long, we’ve been taught that strength looks like hardness — loud voices, tight control, and never showing emotion. That to be respected, especially as a woman, you must armor up and never let them see you feel.</p><p><br/></p><p>But that’s not the full story. </p><p>Because real strength? </p><p>Real strength is <strong>soft.</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>It’s the quiet kind that bleeds through your scars and still chooses to love. </p><p>It’s in women like <strong>Maya Angelou, </strong>who turned her childhood trauma into poetry that lifted generations. Who said, <strong>“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>It’s in <strong>Malala Yousafzai, </strong>who was shot for going to school — and still chose to fight for other girls’ right to education. Not with bitterness. Not with vengeance. But with courage, peace, and relentless softness.</p><p><br/></p><p>Or <strong>Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</strong>, whose words challenge systems, but always come with clarity and calm. Who defends femininity and softness as strength — not weakness.</p><p><br/></p><p>Even in everyday lives:</p><p><br/></p><p>when the world tries to harden you, </p><p>when it tells you to “toughen up” or “get over it,” </p><p>remember: there’s nothing braver than <strong>feeling</strong><strong> it all </strong>and still showing up.</p><p><br/></p><p>You are not weak for crying. </p><p>You are not fragile for caring. </p><p>You are not less powerful for leading with compassion.</p><p><br/></p><p>In fact, softness is what allows you to <strong>connect.</strong></p><p>It’s what makes you human — and more than that, <strong>healing.</strong></p><p>People don’t always remember the strongest voice in the room. </p><p>But they <strong>never</strong> forget the one who made them feel seen, safe, and understood.</p><p><br/></p><p>So protect your softness. </p><p>Water it. </p><p>Let it bloom.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because one day, someone will look at your life and say: </p><p>“If they could survive, stay kind, and still love deeply… maybe I can too.”</p><p><br/></p><p>That’s legacy. </p><p>That’s power . </p><p>That’s the kind of strength the world 🌎 <strong>truly</strong> needs more of.</p><p><br/></p><p>✨ Stay soft. Stay strong. The world is better because you’re both. 💛</p>
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