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1. Bad experiences in life does not make us weak.
2. Needing support does not make us selfish
3. Just because they hurt us doesn't mean we have to hurt ourselves
4. The best things in life are worth fighting for!
5. What doesn't kill us only makes us stronger
6. If you can't handle me at my worst you dont deserve me at my best
7. Don't ever let anyone talk you out of being yourself
8. We are worth more than the sum of our experiences
9. We are not defined by our past
10. Asking for help is not weak, and talking is not bad
11. The ability to feel guilt, and pain, and love is what separates us from the people who hurt us - and what makes us better and stronger than them
12. Everyday that we are still here we are winning
13. It's okay to cry
14. Reaching the bottom makes reaching the top even more amazing when you get there and makes you appreciate it so much more.
15. Knowing you can get through something awful and come out of the other side can give you so much strength, confidence and pride in yourself.
16. You are not alone. People do not think anything bad about you because of what has happened. People care about you and want to help, and you DO deserve that support
17. You still have value.
18. Having bad things done to you does not make you a bad person.
19. Anything you did out of fear was not your fault. It was the fault of the person who threatened you.
20. People won't hate you when they know about the abuse. You're not the one who should be hated.
21. Hindsight is a powerful but destructive thing, how you acted in the past was based on the knowledge you held then. Do not judge it on the knowledge to hold now.
22. Its never too late to be what you could have been
23. Your future does not have to reflect your past
24. When the shadows pass the sun will shine all the brighter
25. You deserve love and support
26. You have the right to be and to feel safe
27. If you were physically ill then you would not be expected to heal too quickly, or on your own
28. You are only as sick as the secrets you keep
29. You have the right to feel anger and hurt over the things that happened to you
30. You are the engine for your dreams. Your dreams never give up on you and you never give up on them
31. It is not important to get it perfect, it is important to get it started
32. The bluntest pencil can be sharpened and the dullest surface can be polished until it shines
33. (this one is corny but what the heck) You had the brains, and the courage, and the heart, all along
34. It's only in your head you feel left out, or looked down on ( lyrics )
35. You cannot create a rainbow without rain... we cannot know joy until we have known sorrow
36. You are loved
37. I can face my fears and work to overcome them
38. Just because they told us we were weak, does not mean we are. In fact, every day we survive, we prove otherwise
39. The biggest fight back can be the most peaceful and sutle of acts
40. THEY are the ones that are sick
41. Everyone is loved by someone, somewhere
42. It is enough to have done my best
43. just don't give up.............you aren't finished when anyone says it's over unless that someone is you
44. There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly