Strength.

What is strength? How do we measure it? Some say it's the ones who can lift the heaviest loads, some say it's the ones with the highest mental resilience, those who never break no matter how great the pressure. Some say it's the strength in numbers. But what is physical strength without intelligence, mental resilience without empathy, and strength in numbers without cooperation?

Strength is nothing, and everything by itself. We all have strength, we all need strength, the force required to exert authority, to gain respect, to ensure our own survival. But strength isn't just that.

We all have our strengths and our weaknesses. Our good sides and our bad sides. Strength is but a measure of how accomplished you are, of how much potential you have towards success.

But strength isn't everything. Neither is wit, or stealth.

Strength is nothing if not used to its fullest potential, and even then, it still isn't everything. We all have strength. We need strength. But we also need values. Morals. Intelligence. We need each other, and we need ourselves.

Strength is but another part of the Balance, a measure of who we are.

Strength is everything. Strength is nothing.

Strength is an instrument, and we are the players.