Health Diaries > Dissociative Identity Disorder > Butterfly Team
April 20, 2006
some inspiring words...
I watched Oprah today which was about the horrendous rape epidemic in South Africa. It was very difficult to watch yet also empowering because of some of the work being done there to help these young girls. I found the words she chose to speak to these young victims so inspiring. The following statements really resonated with me.
You are not what happened to you. You are what you choose to do with what has happened to you.
What has happened to you does not define your life.
What happened to you in your past does not make your future. You can take that pain and turn it into power.
I find her words very powerful because of her own history. She certainly has turned her struggle and pain into power. It has been a VERY long, slow journey for me, but I am starting to be in a place where I can at least entertain these thoughts in my head as possibilities for myself.
Posted by Butterflyteam on April 20, 2006 08:27 PM
