03/30/2022
Remember the famous dialogues from Rocky Balboa?
“Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!”
“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.”
It’s never like that with a manipulator. You are not sure whether you are being manipulated until you hit your knees and your emotional well-being gives in. You don’t realise you were manipulated until you finally get to breathe life in afterwards. At times it sinks in later. And it doesn’t make anyone less of a warrior :)
