I AM NOT TO BLAME FOR BEING BEATEN AND ABUSED.
I AM NOT THE CAUSE OF ANOTHER'S VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.
I DO NOT LIKE IT OR WANT IT.
I DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE IT.
I AM AN IMPORTANT HUMAN BEING.
I AM A WORTHWHILE PERSON.
I DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT.
I DO HAVE POWER TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF MYSELF.
I CAN DECIDE FOR MYSELF WHAT IS BEST FOR ME.
I CAN MAKE CHANGES IN MY LIFE IF I WANT TO.
I AM NOT ALONE. I CAN ASK OTHERS TO HELP ME.
I AM WORTH WORKING AND CHANGING FOR.
I DESIRE TO MAKE MY OWN LIFE SAFE AND HAPPY.


BY:
DR. BRIAN OGAWA: WALKING ON EGGSHELLS

This is great, thank you!!!

If I May.....


Dear BRI*N,

I AM NOT TO BLAME FOR BEING BEATEN AND ABUSED.
I AM NOT THE CAUSE OF ANOTHER'S VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.
I DO NOT LIKE IT OR WANT IT.
I DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE IT.
I AM AN IMPORTANT HUMAN BEING.
I AM A WORTHWHILE PERSON.
I DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT.
I DO HAVE POWER TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF MYSELF.
I CAN DECIDE FOR MYSELF WHAT IS BEST FOR ME.
I CAN MAKE CHANGES IN MY LIFE IF I WANT TO.
I AM NOT ALONE. I CAN ASK OTHERS TO HELP ME.
I AM WORTH WORKING AND CHANGING FOR.
I DESIRE TO MAKE MY OWN LIFE SAFE AND HAPPY.

Happier Now, Melissa

I Love It!!!! I wish all women could be this strong!

That is great! Thank you for sharing.

This is a fairly old post, and it certainly doesn't hurt to bring it back. I am going to print this for my daughter. On Christmas Day she finally hit her breaking point I think and I pray she did. My grandson's dad has been abusive and just the past couple of months the truth has come out. I knew deep down as I have been in abusive relationships. This last time she finally realized that her son was in jeopardy too. He was in the car when her ex grabbed her face and she couldn't see where she was driving. Well Merry Christmas to him.....he went to jail for domestic violence in the presence of a child. He has pretrial on Tuesday and I am sure he is out using and drinking again. If he doesn't show up in court then another warrant will be issued. He has spent 6 years in prison and has been to rehab 3 times in 2006. Not a good batting average. I hope that she will keep this with her when ever she is feeling in doubt.

I lived through a abusive relationship. I finally got out about three years ago. The hardest thing that I ever did in my entire life was when I finally got out, I went and stayed in a women's shelter for three months. I pretty much went into hiding. I did not tell anyone where I was, not even my mother, that way when he did finally call her, which he did, she did not have to lie, and she would not be put in the middle of this hell hole that I created. I went through the counseling, and therapy that the shelter had to offer. I also worked which helped. The best thing I ever did for myself and my children's was to get the hell out and go into hiding (shelter) for three months. In those three months I was able to file for a divorce, get a protective order and get child support and most of all get my life back together as well as my kids life back together. We are doing great. I have been gone now 3 1/2 years and I don't look back at all. The only good out of the 18 years of a marriage from hell were our three beautiful kids. I have learned to become self sufficient, and independent, and most of all I learned that I do not need a man to take care of me. I also am teaching my 16 year old daughter that you don't take shit from no man. You don't let a man beat on you. I could tell you some tear jerking stories about my 18 years of being locked in the cell.

thanks for bringing this back i need to print this for a girlfriend of mine....

angela

What better time than starting a new year with giving the gift of love to someone you see in a battered situation. Happy New Year to all!!!!

That is great! Thank you
Kel

thank you for this