I wrote this several years ago....

I am a Survivor of
    Child neglect
    Child abuse
    Incest
    Sexual assault
    Molestation
    Date rape
    Domestic violence
      Assault
      Battery
      Attempted murder
      Financial control
      Isolation

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Talk of Hope...
   What you come from is not
 What is important
    Where you go
 How you get there
    Who you love along the way

Yes I am still in pain
    Yes there are days I don't want to go on...
    Yet I do
        I do
    I go on living and loving and forgiving because life
 is worth it
    Loving is worth it
The pain is worth the reward
    the pain cannot hold a candle to the love and laughter

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How do you tell another of the pain you have been through?
    Do you write music or paint?
    Do you run track and jump hurdles?
    Do you cry and curse?
    Do you break things and blame?
    Do you hurt others to ease your own pain?


It is not where you've been
It is where you are going and how you get there

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Destruction breeds destruction
Hate brings hate
Love brings love
Hope brings hope

I'm not telling you to allow others to harm you
I am not telling you to forgive just to be hurt again

I am saying learn to love yourself and others will love you with a healthy heart.

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You have a choice-
    Many choices-

You and only you
    Will decide whether you will come back in here again

You and only you will decide to be a victim or a survivor

Regardless of whether you are still in a dangerous situation it is your decision


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If you desire to be treated as an adult, act like one - a true adult takes responsibility for their actions and takes their responsibilities serious.

Your job right now iis to get an education - part of that education is to realise you are responsible for yourself - you and only you can decide which path you will take...
        Healthy growth
            Or
                   Destruction