Fragile Survivors

People equate survival with strength, but more often than not, especially after just getting out of an abusive relationship, we are fragile survivors.  We may be resilient, but we don't necessarily feel that way. Many of us barely made it through a hell that we probably kept hidden from the friends and family closest to us. When we build up enough courage to leave an abuser, we don't need judgment or disapproval or criticism or comparison to other couples. We need support, we need uplifting, we need care, we need love. © Joy Lyn 2015.

Make sure you don't start seeing yourself through the eyes of those who don't value you.  Know your worth even if they don't. - Thelma Davis

You cannot heal what you refuse to first acknowledge. - Bryant McGill

Emergence

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss and have found their way out of the depths.  These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern.  Beautiful people do not just happen." - Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Be Not Defeated

Your struggle is your strength.  If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything. - Bryant McGill

Wisdom & Encouragement

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.  In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. - Maya Angelou

Awareness in October

Domestic Violence Awareness and Breast Cancer Awareness are both in October. They are not in competition with one another however. Both celebrate survivors.Show Your Support.