Day 24: A Story of Inspiration

In this last week of our 31 Days of Stories series, we’re sharing stories that we hope will be inspiring and encouraging for you. These stories are from research participants who have taken their past experiences with abuse and used them to fuel positive changes in their own lives and in the world around them. To start off this week, please read the following quote:

“You may have trials and hurdles to overcome and for a while after leaving an abusive relationship but a violent free life is the most wonderful and blessed time that you will ever experience… Happiness, security, and love is out there and is waiting for you to embrace it and live it. And there are many agencies, clubs, groups and people who can teach you the tools and knowledge and support to live a happy healthy and prosperous life.  And there are many people like myself who know can call themselves a survivor not a victim and will help you achieve that.  I am one that will setup directions and resources, encourage you, pass on the tools I have obtained just because my life is complete if only one person finds the happiness and violent free life that I have obtained. I know there are more people like me in this world that have my belief and feel happy and complete.” ~ Domestic violence survivor