From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you. You inspired me to journal and to write everything down, then to save those journals. Thirty years later, I was able to dig those journals out and write my memoir.
It’s what I’d been planning all along. I waited until the time was right, then wrote and published my book. Then published more books, fiction, all with bullying in their plots. I thank you for inspiring me to become an advocate for the bullied and published author- to help others who suffer. You always said I wouldn’t, but I did!
I thank you for giving me passion, purpose, and goals to work toward. And let me tell you, I enjoy what I do!
It’s funny, isn’t it? How easily negatives can be turned into positives? How yesterday’s pain can become today’s strength? How victims can become not only survivors, but victors?
You made me a fighter, a winner, a conqueror! And I’m glad because if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have a purpose and would probably still be searching for the path I was meant to be on.
Cheers to all of you! There’s more to come!
It’s amazing how someone else’s bullying can inspire you to do great things. I mentioned to an ex that I wanted to try to build a computer from scratch. She told me to wait until she had time to help me, because she had built computers before, and “when something goes wrong, and it will, I can be there to help you figure out what to do.” Gee, thanks for believing in me…
Six months after we broke up, I finally got around to that project. The only time I kind of wished we had stayed in touch was when I turned it on, and it worked on the first try, so I could have rubbed it in her face that I did something that she didn’t believe I could. Probably better that I didn’t, though.
8 1/2 years later, my spite computer is still working just fine. I’m typing on it right now.
Wow! That’s awesome, Greg! I’m glad you went ahead and built that computer! And it sounds like you didn’t need her because she would only have tried to discouraged you.
Pretty much. I didn’t need her for a lot of reasons…
Sounds like it. I’m glad you got out of it
I’d call that a big win against all the bullies! Well done 🙂
Thank you so much!