That I must/will grow a thicker skin.
I used to think that I was strong enough to get out of it.
But now I wonder if it was the strength to stay living that way that I lack.
Not to say that I would ever want to or that any one does.
But simply that it takes strength to do it, a strength I didn't appreciate for what it was before.
And I have heard it said when it was true, and I have now heard it said when it was not, and the latter has bothered me more than the former.
Because I realized that strength.
I realized I heard it once when others hear it everyday, true or not.
And I have come to the conclusion
But now I wonder if it was the strength to stay living that way that I lack.
Not to say that I would ever want to or that any one does.
But simply that it takes strength to do it, a strength I didn't appreciate for what it was before.
And I have heard it said when it was true, and I have now heard it said when it was not, and the latter has bothered me more than the former.
Because I realized that strength.
I realized I heard it once when others hear it everyday, true or not.
And I have come to the conclusion