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Heroism is rather a mind-set or an accumulation of our personal and social habits. It is a way of being. And it is a special way of viewing ourselves. To be a hero requires taking effective action at crucial junctures in our lives, to make an active attempt to address injustice or create positive change in the world. To be a hero requires great moral courage. And each of us has an inner hero waiting to be expressed. We are all “heroes in training.”
Freedom lies in learning to embrace what happened. Freedom means we muster the courage to dismantle the prison, brick by brick.
suffering is universal. But victimhood is optional.
Not: Why did I live? But: What is mine to do with the life I’ve been given?
Home isn’t a place anymore, not a country. It’s a feeling, as universal as it is specific. If we talk too much about it, we risk it vanishing.
To be passive is to let others decide for you. To be aggressive is to decide for others. To be assertive is to decide for yourself. And to trust that there is enough, that you are enough.
“When you can’t go in through a door, go in through a window,”
Just remember, no one can take away from you what you’ve put in your mind. We can’t choose to vanish the dark, but we can choose to kindle the light.
Edie, she isn’t the woman I love. She isn’t you.”
hmmm why does this sound like nothing like the movies or smth??
We can’t erase the pain. But we are free to accept who we are and what has been done to us, and move on.
A good definition of being a victim is when you keep the focus outside yourself, when you look outside yourself for someone to blame for your present circumstances, or to determine your purpose, fate, or worth.
If we are to evolve instead of revolve, it’s time to take action now.
As long as you live, there’s the risk that you might suffer more. There’s also the opportunity to find a way to suffer less, to choose happiness, which requires taking responsibility for yourself.
