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“Everyone… I thought I was alone for so long. That I was surrounded by people who needed me and the best thing I could do for them was provide. That was what they needed me for—everything I could offer—and I was strong enough to do it. Giving was how I would be worthy of them. I never…I never thought of people needing me for me. I never even considered people taking care of me as much as I was them.”
Who we are is independent of the trauma that tries to mar our souls. It is a part of us, it might teach us, but it does not define us.”
“Because everything, good and bad, is a part of who you are. It might not define you, but it informs you. Teaches you. We fought, and struggled, and bled to get this far in life. And while I wish you never had to suffer as I fear you might have…if you did, that, too, is part of the Victoria I admire.”
A lesson for all 🙄
To live with reckless abandon. I’ve allowed my entire life to be wrapped up in this fear that if I didn’t fulfill others’ expectations of me that I would be unworthy of their affection and loyalty.
“Who?”
Immediate ouch. 😭😭😭
“Good. You should never lessen yourself to spite another. The best revenge is to thrive.”
