To stop "telling" the story:

Means I will be facing the feelings.

Means I will learn to live in acceptance of what "is" and "was" vs trying to create my own version of "what should be".

Means letting go of the idea that others "could have" or "should have" done something different to make the story have a different ending.

Means choosing to live in conscious awareness of when I am using the "story" to avoid my reality, my "now".

Means acknowledging that I was powerless and a victim then.

Means grieving the loss of the life I did not have, do not have, will not have because of the story.

Means acknowledging that I am no longer powerless and no longer a victim.

Means finally "getting" what the serenity prayer means...

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
The wisdom to know the difference

Means that I will no longer sacrifice my todays and tomorrows to those who took my past.



Means that I am finally free.