Sea Wings

Adventurous – how is that meant, little bird?

The sparrow replies: ad·ven·tur·ous
inclined to adventure, to undertake new and daring enterprise which are hazardous or risky
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises

There is quite a large gap between inclined and willing, little bird.

Well, I will have to say no, then. Not inclined, though willing. I did not seek risk or relief from boredom; glory or thrills.

My life was a series of unavoidable adventures, if you like, for I did not turn them down. But meeting your life head on does not seem adventurous to me. More stubborn than anything else; too stubborn to give up.

It is my life that was adventurous, little bird, not me. I am a simple man who wanted to be happy.

A disappointingly short answer, I fear, for the question seems so obvious to me.
No, heartache does not make you stronger.

I have found that many people focus their attention on their experiences of loss or heartache, but that is not the part that has made them strong.

Love makes you stronger.

And amazingly, it makes you stronger whether it is returned or not, though of course I happen to believe that returned is more satisfying.