I am a fighter..,

Sometimes I forget about the strength I have within. Strength to persevere and strength to overcome. I see the darkness around me and it distracts me from the truth. The truth that exists deep down that I often ignore.

Sometimes it is a lot easier to put up the flag of surrender and let my enemies win.

But I must fight and keep going even when it feels like I can’t because deep down exists all the strength that I need.

I need to stop listening to all the negative voices I hear that tell me I am weak because I am not weak. I have survived so much pain and suffering that it has made a warrior deep within.

I have suffered through things that despite the lies I have believed, I am finding ways to discover the truth and find a way to freedom.

The road is not easy, and sometimes feels impossible, but I determined to make a way out of no way.

Are there days when I feel like throwing in the towel? Sure there is. Many of them actually, but each morning is a new day which might bring a new perspective.

Sometimes when I feel like I want to give up, I have to take a break from everything, and that is okay. It often gives me renewed strength that deep down I knew existed but I couldn’t see among the chaos.

I have dissociative identity disorder and there are many times that I need to retreat inside, letting someone else hold down the fort, in order to rest and recharge, and that is okay as long as I come back again.

My inner strength sometimes is found in the other parts of me that hold it for me when I can’t hold onto it for myself. But their strength is my strength even when I can’t see it.

But my strength lies within me if I will just hold on for one more day or a little bit longer. I will find it. I know I will and that truth keeps me going forward.

That is what this quote for today brought up for me. It made me think about the fact that I have survived hell, but I am still here, still running the race for freedom, and the fact that I am still hear proves that I have more strength than I realize.

Here’s a quote from my Gratitude app to inspire you today 💫 https://gratefulness.page.link/ivos