Sentence examples similar to Strained oneself from inspiring English sources
Strongman describes bench-pressing a young nephew, lifting him towards the artex ceiling "because / what is masculinity if not taking the weight / of a boy and straining it from oneself?".
'What is masculinity if not taking the weight / of a boy and straining it from oneself?" In "Strongman", Andrew McMillan takes his young nephew's playful request to "benchpress him" like "his mother's new lover can" as an imaginative springboard to some urgent personal and social concerns.
Since one would surely find such strains intolerable oneself, how can one reasonably expect others to put up with them?
The project of Torah - of straining to hear revelation and striving to comport oneself accordingly - is the ever-ongoing effort to make this wilderness a sane and safe place.
Some of the common concerns I hear post partum are feelings of being overwhelmed by motherhood, marital strain, recurrent thoughts of inadequacy, negative views of oneself or one's body post-delivery, irritation towards a fussy baby, anxiety around baby's wellbeing, struggling to establish a routine, and feelings of sadness or guilt around issues surrounding health.
Even if one has full knowledge of one's own and others' position in society, one can put oneself in the place of others and consider the kind of strains of commitment that they are likely to be suffering under the present system.
"One must show oneself deserving," he said.
