BE POWERFUL

I have been emotionally turned inside out.

I have been sexually abused.

I have been manipulated, controlled & lied to.

I have been told I'm worthless.

I have been treated like garbage.

I have been lead astray by people who wanted things from me in a cowardly fashion. 

I have been stolen from. 

I have been drugged. 

I have been hurt, victimized & injured. 

I have been abandoned. 

... and I choose to forgive every last situation or perpetrator.
By letting go of my victimization, I take back my power.

When someone hurts me ...
I now realize, they are likely hurting as well.  As I've stated before, HURT people HURT people.
I understand that I have every authority as an adult to take the hit as nothing more than a brief sting ...
Bruises don't define me ...
Wounds are not my whole ...
I will survive without your love ...
I can live without your approval, without your acceptance, and apart from your perceptions and judgments.

By acknowledging that I've been hurt vs. allowing the hurt to box me into a category, a role or a lifestyle ... I give my perpetrator ZERO power over me.  It is only when someone hurts me with words & I accept those as truth or take it on as a war I must win ... that my perpetrator truly beats me.  By discerning the bite from the venom I can survive ... I can heal, I can learn from it, and I can move forward - wiser & more powerful than before.

Let no one take your power away with their weaknesses.
Understand their lacking, set the boundaries & take pity ... but never hand over your power to them.
They are simply & sadly incapable still of gaining the love they need in any form other than that of a parasite.

Hold on to your power ... and blow them a kiss.

YOU ARE POWERFUL.

Love you,
Alli