"This is what changed my life. I finally recognized that the truth about me is that I possess infinite worth. I am innately infinitely valuable, and there’s absolutely nothing you or I can do to change this. Nothing. Matt Pipkin
You can read the complete blog post at https://speakyoursilence.org/motivated-by-truth/
What struck me about this blog post are two things. That recognizing your own truth IS where our value is gained, and secondly he no longer considers himself a victim.
Matt is the founder of "Speak Your Silence" and his message is the meaning of the Orange Stitch I have been adding near my signature on many of my quilts.
I believe that once we speak out loud the truth of our pasts, we then start living a more truthful existence...and with that comes value.
I have been rejected for my truth.
And, this is the hardest part of walking a truthful path.
However my gains are immeasurable.
He is right that he no longer considers himself a victim of sexual abuse....he has gone beyond that.
I believe that I have to.
And, each time I am faced with speaking my truth and not ruffling someone's feathers...or keeping my value...I too am no longer a victim.
This is the choice each of us face time and time again.
We can be victim to another's lie by agreement.
This is the heart of where abuse twists our minds and our perception of reality and our own self image. When we agree to see something that we don't believe in.
It doesn't matter to me what you all do with your lives.
What matters to me is how I label and see things.
In order to keep my valuableness to me...I will not not see that which is there.
We think, that by denial or looking away....we change reality. We don't.
Instead it changes who we are.
It makes you worth less than reality...and not 100 percent with it.
Reality never loses or loses its power and value.
We do; when we choose to go against it...to keep a friend.
My greatest tool against abuse and leaving victimhood behind has been my ability to walk courageously with the truth...and to speak what many keep silent.
Speaking your silence is where you will find value.
Truth is the only thing measurable for your worth.
Who are you without the truth of your feelings, emotions, thoughts and actions?
If I have to silence my truth to be with you, I have lowered who I am to me...and then, you are and I are not getting the whole Me.
