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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 660051" data-attributes="member: 17461">It is so easy, Copa.&nbsp; Once we stop hating ourselves at our stupid abuser's behests, all that is left is the courage we lived through until we learned that loving someone else could save us, too.I began to admire myself a little for that, Copa.I began looking different to myself physically.&nbsp; I no longer believed my abusers enough to fuel my hatred of myself with their words and imagery.&nbsp; Once that happened, toxicities fell apart like leaves in the Fall.&nbsp; Dead things, crumbling underfoot.Or, like in those scary movies where they kill the spider and the web falls in skeins and threads and dirtied clumps and all at once, the cave is safe and fit for human habitation.So, since I am human?&nbsp; I moved in.Then, I started a Fire.&nbsp; A fire like Pierre Tielhard de Chardin's Fire.Love.For me.And like all light, the glow of it can be seen for miles and miles and miles.Hope.Still a new and very pleasant Fire but oh, the beauty in it, Copa and SWOT.I will post that quote for us, later.&nbsp; Cedar</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 660051, member: 17461"] It is so easy, Copa. Once we stop hating ourselves at our stupid abuser's behests, all that is left is the courage we lived through until we learned that loving someone else could save us, too. I began to admire myself a little for that, Copa. I began looking different to myself physically. I no longer believed my abusers enough to fuel my hatred of myself with their words and imagery. Once that happened, toxicities fell apart like leaves in the Fall. Dead things, crumbling underfoot. Or, like in those scary movies where they kill the spider and the web falls in skeins and threads and dirtied clumps and all at once, the cave is safe and fit for human habitation. So, since I am human? I moved in. Then, I started a Fire. A fire like Pierre Tielhard de Chardin's Fire. Love. For me. And like all light, the glow of it can be seen for miles and miles and miles. Hope. Still a new and very pleasant Fire but oh, the beauty in it, Copa and SWOT. I will post that quote for us, later. Cedar [/QUOTE]

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