Recognizing and claiming our own value...

Everything time we don't stand down the primary abusers in our loves, we lose a little ground, we fade into the night, we die a little inside. Rising above it may be a temporary balm, but, at some point, we have to come back into our bodies and speak it. As important as it is to reach a stage of genuine forgiveness where possible, it is even more important to assert boundaries with those who have violated ours. It may well be why they came into our lives, to force us to recognize and claim our own value. - Jeff Brown, Love it Forward