This spoke to me today.

[Survivor1687]

"We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past, become the architect of your future."

-Robin Sharma

Ya know, it's real easy to give advice freely and lovingly to others, but I find myself struggling to apply these things, these great tools and things I've learned & am still learning, to my own life. When I share these things not only do I feel it may help someone who may also be struggling, it makes me reflect on myself and what I need to try to work on and apply to my own life. This quote I've posted today, is absolutely one of those things! Thank you everyone who has been supportive and helped me along the way. This place has helped me in some very dark times/moments. I came here for support, to support, to learn, to grow... to work on myself and my recovery. If I can in any way help someone else, that's awesome, if not, you can't save the world, but you can drive yourself crazy trying if you'd like. Lol. I say that kinda jokingly because I am one of those people who is like, "you can't save the world, but I'll die trying." haha. But, all jokes aside, that is exactly what would kill me if I continue to live with that mind-set/belief. There's gotta be boundaries, I respect others boundries, but not everyone will or even know how to... sometimes we must re-enforce those boundries to protect ourseIves and our own recovery. Another thing I must absolutely work on myself! I've seen some very negative, troll-ish, bullying, judgemental behavior on here and my hope is that the people who come here for the right reasons, with good intentions continue trying to keep this place/space a good one.

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[Mrspjsmom]

Love the quote and your post. There are good people here and they have given me support when I needed it and good advice. I try to offer the same. As for the trolls and bullying perhaps we just should ignore it. Not giving those people the attention they want. I keep hoping this too will pass.

[Dolphin14]

The quote is great. Thank you for posting it.

Yes, there is much support here. The people that offer their insight and suggestions of what worked for them are hopeful that maybe one thing they say can help someone. What works for one doesn't work for everyone. Our stories differ as well as our life experiences.

I was warned by me therapist that not everyone in my life will accept the boundaries. They will push back against how I have changed. What I once tolerated I will not anymore.

Wishing you peace

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[designguy]

Lovely quote and post, glad you are doing well and growing, thanks for sharing and inspiring.