Quotes About Overcoming

Yo pienso así —afirmo mientras mis pensamientos van surgiendo e inmiscuyéndose con el ruido—. Creo que todo el mundo cae —asevero—, todos nosotros sin excepción. Y me parece que la cuestión no es esa. La sujeto por los hombros para asegurarme de que me está prestando atención. —Me parece que la cuestión es si somos o no capaces de levantarnos.

The devil always outnumbers his foes," he said. "Even if he is alone.

Y él supo que era entonces. Supo que de verdad no había vuelta atrás. Que iba a pasar, independiente de lo que él quisiera, independiente de lo que sintiera. Y supo también que lo iba superar. Sería terrible. Mucho más que terrible. Pero sobreviviría

I think maybe everybody falls," I say. "I think maybe we all do. And I don't think that's the asking." I pull on her arms gently to make sure she's listening. "I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

It was almost over. He was almost there. He had never, not once in his life, felt this powerful.

But there are harder things than being invisible, it said

I don't think it's about making us fall. It's about how we get up again.

We work so hard to get rid of them when sometimes they're the very thing that saves us.

He could feel his throat choking again and his eyes watering. It wasn't the drowning of the nightmare, though. It was simpler, clearer. Still just as hard.

_Of course you are afraid_, the monster said, pushing him slowly forward. _And yet you will still do it._

I think everybody falls, I think we all do. And I don´t think that's the asking. I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

Here's what I think," I say and my voice is stronger and thoughts are coming, thoughts that trickle into my Noise like whispers of the truth. "I think everybody falls," I say. "I think maybe we all do. And I don't think that's the asking. I pull on her arms gently to make sure she's listening. "I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

Wherever you are, it's okay. You can come back from it. Whatever happened to you down there, whatever the world looks like now, that's not how it always looks. That's not how it's always going to look. There's more. There's always more.

None of us, not any one of us, wants to be defined by the worst day or the worst hour or the worst moment of our lives.

Yesterday he had limped, but today there was no part of his feet that didn't hurt, so limping did no good.

Keys were hardly known for their complacency,

If you'd known how difficult it was, you never would have stood a chance of doing it.

The worst had happened, and it hadn't been that bad.

These were bad memories, but over the years I had brought them out and handled them so often there was hardly a sharp edge left to them. I

Many of us are metaphorically standing in a ring of fire. The assaults of life have pushed us through a wall of fire and here we are, standing in the middle of a circle of flames. The conundrum we face in the circle is: would we rather spend the rest of our lives very uncomfortable, hot and singed, or do we have the courage to walk through the wall of flames again, experiencing a short burning sensation, to freedom from fire? The benefits of being

Out of all the piles of dirt, garbage, and shit we have been handed, we can grow a patch of daisies.

Whatever your age, you are the right age to be coming out and telling your truth. Find someone to tell- and tell, tell, tell, until your lungs ache. Tell until you can't tell anymore. It won't take away what happened to you, but it will re-map your life and take away the power from the abuse and the abuser. You are strong and resilient. You are not alone.

your abuser tried to map your life for you. But he does not own you, and you have the freedom and the power to overcome and transcend the (negative) associations. You deserve to be happy, to be free of any feelings of shame or guilt or fear. You have the right to a completely satisfying sexual life. You are a righteous young woman. If you can get in touch with the feelings and consciously change the awful associations, you can re-map your life.

Always remember that what was done to you has nothing to do with YOU. It all has to do with a sick perverted abuser that wants/wanted power- You are not at fault and you were/are a target- but it is not because of who you are that you were/ are abused. You are worthy, beautiful, kind, smart and deserving of love, care, passion, and nurturing! xo dr. p