Survivor Psalm
I have been victimized.
I was in a fight that was not a fair fight.
I did not ask for the fight.
I lost.
There is no shame in losing such fights.
I have reached the stage of survivor and am no longer a slave of victim status.
I look back with sadness rather than hate.
I look forward with hope rather than despair.
I may never forget, but I need not constantly remember.
I was a victim.
I am a survivor.© Frank Ochberg, MD & Gift From Within
Used with permission
www.giftfromwithin.org

Invictus
by William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

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Inspirational Quotes

Justice does not come from the outside. It comes from inner peace. - Barbara Hall

The wind of anger blows out the lamp of intelligence. - Anonymous

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. - Cherie Carter-Scott

Speak when you are angry - and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
- Laurence J. Peter

Tolerance can lead to learning something. - Jakob Dylan

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. - Dalai Lama

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle. - Helen Keller

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. - Harrison Ford

Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change. - Brian Tracy

If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. - Mary Engelbreit

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt

In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down. - Brian Weir

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Everything you are against weakens you, everything you are for empowers you. - Wayne Dyer

Conflict cannot survive without your participation. -Wayne Dyer

Self-worth comes from one thing, thinking you are worthy. - Wayne Dyer

Anything inside that immobilizes me, gets in my way, keeps me from my goals, is all mine. - Wayne Dyer