The strength of a material is its ability to resist change.
The weakness of a material is its inability to resist change.
The pliability or flexibility of a material is its ability to flow with and adapt to changing conditions.
Pliability allows material to endure and tolerate changing conditions that are permanent.
Flexibility is the acceptance of changing conditions that are temporary.
Acceptance is the attribute required to flow with a changing life.
Change is a constant of life.
The ability to flow with that change requires its acceptance without toleration.
Gentleness is the attainment of flowing with acceptance.
It requires neither strength nor weakness to be accepting.
I can choose to be strong & tolerant, weak & yielding, or gentle & accepting.