Hi,

Although I don't have any specific advice for you about what you can do to become stronger and unleash your full self, I will say that I wouldn't recommend letting the fact that some strong people hurt others discourage you from working toward becoming stronger. There's no question in my mind that many of the strongest among us use their strength to do things that are hurtful to others, but I don't think it's true that strength and goodness are always at odds with one another. Along the lines of what you wrote, using the strength that we have to hurt other people has become so common these days that using our strength to be good to others can sometimes be very difficult. But if the fact that it's become common for many to use their strength to hurt others tells me anything, it's that there's a great need for people to use their strength to be good to others. To me, when a person has his (or her) heart in the right place and tries to be good to others (while also remembering to take care of themselves), that's a strength. Being compassionate and understanding toward others might not always lead you to feel like you've reached your full potential, but I think that engaging in these and others sorts of behaviors that are good toward others is the best thing that we can do to "fight back" when we're wronged by people who've used their strength to hurt others.