Classic Countdown — In the month leading up to the fourth anniversary of this blog’s launch, I am sharing my favorite posts. This was published on Jan. 21, 2013.
“I choose not to be a victim!” Those powerful words were shared with me last week by a friend who has had lots of bad things happen to her.
She is currently between jobs, which is why she came to my office to talk over coffee. Because I’ve known her for several years, I also know she is divorced, she’s been bullied at work and, since childhood, she has been preyed upon (and I use that term in its ugliest connotation).
Yet her bold statement—I choose not to be a victim!—got me to thinking.
Does someone really choose to be a victim? Is that a decision one actually makes? Or is a victim created as the result of something bad that happens? Or from the selfish actions of others? Read the rest of this entry »
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