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Be the Heroine of Your Life

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Love this Nora Ephron quote, and here’s why.

I spent too much time being a victim in my life, believing that everything happened to me. My life was one drama after another & it was like a bad made for TV movie. I got so upset if anyone suggested I chose certain circumstances, preferring to feel the pitiful victim.

Then one day I realised that remaining in that mindset, enjoying that pity party, I wasn’t living my life. I was letting it happen all around me. I made peace with my bad choices, I’ll never know why I made

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them. I no longer recognise the woman I was back when I chose to stay in a toxic, abusive relationship.

Today, I’m proud of everything I have accomplished & more so because I have done it solo. I have relied on only myself & that required more strength than I ever knew I had. I don’t ask for help, I don’t need it. With all I have done & the life I have made for my son & myself, I got this! I am my own heroine. And it’s great to say that, acknowledge it & claim it.

I truly believe people have much more strength than they

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allow themselves to realise, primarily because they rely on everyone else & they are comfortable being the victim of circumstance.

Stand up, take back your strength & your life. 

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- 6 Mar 17

Love this Nora Ephron quote, and here’s why.

I spent too much time being a victim in my life, believing that everything happened to me. My life was one drama after another & it was like a bad made for TV movie. I got so upset if anyone suggested I chose certain circumstances, preferring to feel the pitiful victim.

Then one day I realised that remaining in that mindset, enjoying that pity party, I wasn’t living my life. I was letting it happen all around me. I made peace with my bad choices, I’ll never know why I made them. I no longer recognise the woman I was back when I chose to stay in a toxic, abusive relationship.

Today, I’m proud of everything I have accomplished & more so because I have done it solo. I have relied on only myself & that required more strength than I ever knew I had. I don’t ask for help, I don’t need it. With all I have done & the life I have made for my son & myself, I got this! I am my own heroine. And it’s great to say that, acknowledge it & claim it.

I truly believe people have much more strength than they allow themselves to realise, primarily because they rely on everyone else & they are comfortable being the victim of circumstance.

Stand up, take back your strength & your life. 

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Single mum to disabled son. Writer, blogger, Twitter addict, recovering alcoholic (sober date 28/4/09)

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