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On this day I proclaim:

[color:"red"]I am not going to live my life like a victim

I have personal power and I will use that power to make my life better

I will do my very best in difficult times

I will make decisions that do not secure my place as a victim
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But, I like being a victim. My IC says it gives me identity.

I like having the victim mentality to give me an excuse for everything I fail to do or just do not want to do.

I wanna be a victim.


ok, that is exactly where I was this time last year. Thank goodness I am not there anymore.

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I wanna be a victim.


write a country-western song with this title ...

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Wow, a little spot-on today. Run buy a lottery ticket <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

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I am not going to live my life like a victim

I have personal power and I will use that power to make my life better

I will do my very best in difficult times

I will make decisions that do not secure my place as a victim

Pep


This will go in my handy, dandy, notebook.
Yeah I got kids.

Thanks for the thoughts pep.
JS


Me 44
WW 32
S 12 D 8 S 5
M 12yrs
W Moved out 07/22/06
ww served me divorce papers 10/04/06

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I'll take that vow with you...I don't like being a victim anyway! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Good Day, PEP!


A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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WHERE DO I SIGN...????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

to have real peace
to have real love
true intimacy

requires conflict...

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there's something wrong with you rinderella..

you're supposed to like it...
wear it like a comfy bathrobe...

get yourself in some victim role would ya now...like a good princess...

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Wow, a little spot-on today. Run buy a lottery ticket <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

YOUR lucky numbers today

15
and
8

Free advice: today only!

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I'm joining this club! Woo Hoo! It feels good to no longer be a victim!

Thanks Pep! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


BW: me, 38; WH: 38; Married 16 yrs; Together 19 yrs; D-Day 11/06/05; WH moved out 11/06/05; OW was co-worker; False recovery for 2 month D-Day #2 3/09/06 A is ongoing WH told me "It's over" 8/7/06
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This will go in my handy, dandy, notebook.

Excellent notebooks and journals available at Barnes & Noble

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wear it like a comfy bathrobe...

chenille bathrobes are the most comfey

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Wow, a little spot-on today.

OxiClean makes an excellent spot remover

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Today I will work on my posture.

All my life, even perfect strangers would comment on my posture, because I always stood so straight.

Over the last year-and-a-half I started walking around like I was carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. Now that I am not actually carrying it, I have been trying to regain the habit of straightness.

OK self, shoulders back, chest out! Unvics walk tall!


A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
~ English proverb



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Unvics walk tall!


Walking Tall:


The transition to upright walking happened in the earliest stages of hominid evolution

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Are you giong to walk softly and carry a big stick too, neakypoo?

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ARK- LMAO

But I just hung it up! :::whining:::

thanks...oh, wise one!
:::I bow to you at the foot of your throne::::


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wait a minute... what's the catch?
It's free today, but what will it cost me tomorrow???



Is that sign still on my back... you know the one that says "Kick me"...



Let's all put our hands together... sing and dance along with Sister Pepper...



Pep... you were listening to Tony Robbins last night, weren't you???


now... on a serious note... Pep, thanks for being such an inspiration. and Ark... some words I needed to hear again.

Shaden


BH (Me) - 38
WW - 36
Married - 16 years
2 children - 10,12
DD1 - 05/30/05 - EA suspected, W wanted space
DD2 - 07/01/05 - EA/PA discovered & confronted WW
DD3 - 07/21/05 - Further contact discovered and now ended.
11/07/05 - exposed to OMW...
07/01/07 - separated to give "space". recovery was not progressing.
09/04/07 - DDAY all over... new OM.

Patience with God is Faith.
Patience with myself is Hope.
Patience with others is Love.
FAITH REQUIRES ACTION!
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listening to Tony Robbins

Tony Robbins is featured as himself in the movie Shallow Hal

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Pep... you were listening to Tony Robbins last night, weren't you???


Hey, I'm the one whose been listening to him.

Don't make fun of him either, Shad!

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