Ruach
It is not many steps beyond breath awareness that comes a conversation around the spirituality of the human being. Though many people may draw the line here, there will be much missed by stopping short of this recognition. It is difficult to put to words the complexity of the multi-dimensional soul of man and terminology such as self-awareness, awakening and self-care are quickly followed by ideas of divinity, sovereignty and globally unified human consciousness.
What is Strength?
We all need something. The human cannot function in its intended capacity alone. For this reason, self-love and self-service are nothing more than a trap to captivate ourselves in a lie of self-centeredness that is isolating and defeating, though it may elicit great sensation of pleasure in the seeking. The essential perspective in finding strength is first, to know where one is weak. Our fundamental weakness is that we cannot self sustain and this means that neither can anyone else.
2020 Vision
If we choose to see the accomplishment of goals as a byproduct in the pursuit of becoming the person we believe our imagine ourselves to be, our task inevitably becomes to live in harmony with the value, rather than the practice, of the goal. In doing so, we diminish the risk of blinding ourselves by the meaningless measure of the task alone.