Today I realized something that really bugs me about my mother, that I never want to imitate.
She's been through plenty, but she didn't LEARN from it. She let it overcome her, and became, even in her own mind, a "victim."
I refuse. I plan to learn from this, even if it means working through hard stuff. I won't become a victim to my circumstances; I will conquer my circumstances.
I refuse to allow a horrible man's legacy to control me. I refuse to become another person who passes off their bad behavior by saying they were hurt. I may be hurt, but my actions are my own, and my parents aren't responsible for them, no matter how much they may have hurt me.
I am me. And no past, no legacy, no pain, no joy, will change that fact.
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