Emerging Courageous Online Magazine - Poetry
Survivors by Ruth Gallant
There are many people in
the world who are Survivors!
"What makes a Survivor?"
I believe it is anyone who strives to overcome
not only emotional but physical hardships.
After all you only have two choices.
The first is to give up and the second is to fight!
I know through my own
life how easy it is to quit
but with the help of good friends
and a strong desire to be a better me each day,
I have struggled through many hills and valleys.
I think I have even mastered a few mountains.
A good friend once told
me
You can ride a wagon of "Woe is Me"
or you can get up everyday and simply live life.
It was the best piece of advice anyone had ever given me!
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*Ruth Gallant recommends Emerging
Courageous Online Magazine: "Soaring to new heights"
http://ca.geocities.com/ladyinpain2002/emergcourageous.html
While surfing the net one day, I came across a link that took me to Emerging Courageous Online Magazine. After visiting for a while I wrote to tell Marilyn what a wonderful place she had created for those of us who have risen above challenges in our lives. It wasn't long before Marilyn asked me to share some of my writings and poems there.
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After going back to
Emerging Courageous many times
and reading the successes of many others,
I know that I am not alone in how things have made me feel.
And I know I am not alone in my desire to be a better me.
So everyday I get up and look for challenges,
whether it be on my computer or in dealing with my own chronic pain.
Everyday I find ways to help someone else.
Nothing makes my heart happier and my soul soar even higher.
Ruth Gallant
[email protected]
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