Hello SR and Good Morning.
I do most of my better thinking early in
the morning and find it a good time to
share thoughts with you here in SR.
As I was fixing my hair I couldn't help but
feel a strong sense of inner strength within
me. I began to say to myself that I should
feel proud of myself for the life I have lived
so far.
56 yrs. with 25yrs sobriety and look
at all the adversities in life Ive gone thru.
All the crosses Ive beared. All the struggles
Ive won. All the paths ive taken to get
me where I am today. The childhood traumas
Ive endured and came out alive on the
otherside.
We all have gone thru different and similar
experiences in life and yet here you are. Alive.
A survivor. A winner. And you have a right
to feel proud of yourself. Your accomplishments.
Tell me that you are a survivor. Tell me
why you are one. Tell me what obsticals
in life you have gone thru and conquered.
Was there some traumatic event that
happened to you and you lived thru it.
Whatever pain you experienced and
you lived thru it, then you are a survivor.
That to me shows inner strength. And
you should commend yourself for pulling
thru it.
We grow and become stronger people
when we realize that, hey, I made it and
have come this far and im still standing.
Im living proof that no matter what happens
in life, I will work thru it, stand strong against
it and will learn from it. You can too.
Have you looked in the mirror lately
to the person looking back at you? Who
do you see? He or she is strong. Inner
strength holding you up. Smile. You are
definitely a winner. Be proud of your
accomplishments. You earned it.