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ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 30 March) — From a very young age, I learned that being physically able is not enough, you need to be strong to do many things at the same time. After all, that was the only way to make a living in our small barrio where I was raised.  Being a woman was never an exception, at least not for my mother, a single mother who raised me and my three other sisters.  Every day that goes by, as I learn more and more about the world, I realized that being physically strong was also not enough. Because after a long tiring day, you can take a good amount of rest, but the weight of all the things that you go through does not really go away in your sleep. Worse, some things in your mind remain there so they don’t make you sleep. Merasol Monteza of Zamboang City during the art therapy session in the Bayi-lines all-women Mindanawon journalists’ retreat. Mindanews photo I don’t remember when I decided I was going to be strong. Or  maybe it wasn’t real...