SURVIVE

Reflecting: I saw so many women in the various divorce groups and also going into therapy. Two years later they were still stuck and suffering. I was asked what I wanted out of my therapy. My answer - I want to learn how to live without a man and not to be suffering two years later. I put the following letters on individual sheets of paper: "I WILL SURVIVE", on my bedroom ceiling. I repeated saying it every morning and every night before I went to sleep.


I WILL SURVIVE

I will survive your comforting love,
I will survive like a morning dove.

I will survive your destructive lies,
I will survive your empty eyes.

I will survive the sleepless nights,
I will survive and soar to new heights.

I will survive the lonely days,
I will survive in many ways.

I will survive to blossom anew,
I will survive, I will survive!


Gloria Hildreth
"Reflections: A Moment in Time"
copyright 2009