What has given you the most strength?

What has given me the most strength in my life comes not from a moment of greatness, but from a moment when I was at my weakest.  It came when my father passed away.  The death of my father in March of 2007 had an incredibly profound effect on my life in all areas.  At first, I felt weak in the knees from the devastating loss I felt, but as the year progressed, I would find moments when an inner strength was evolving within me that both moved me and grounded me at the same time.  I felt immense courage to be myself in all the relationships of my life, including the one with myself!  And the journey continues, as I still find many times, when I need to find strength from within myself, I just think of my father, his love and his laughter, and there emerges from within me a strength that not only helps me to stand but gives me the courage to walk forward.  How I miss my father, but he continues to give me gifts from his seat in Heaven.  I will always miss him, but am so grateful for what he gave me both in his living and in his passing.