I am just going to throw something out there

about standing

I started standing for my marriage and all that entailed

then

I started getting some help and looking at all the things I needed to improve on
and
work on
and
get back to

so I started working and learning and doing and my stance changed from standing for my marriage
to
standing for me
who I was
who I was meant to be

part of who I am is someone who believes in the truth and commitment and love and family

so

I was standing for me
which meant standing for marriage and commitment (not just mine)

then
I found out that my ex is a sociopath
I couldn't stand for a marriage with someone who was hurting my children, myself, themselves and who was NEVER going to get better

so

I kept standing for myself
my family
marriage
commitment

but I let go of my ex and all that he had said he was but wasn't

i met someone else
someone amazing and wonderful, generous and protective, strong and gentle, intelligent and funny

he knew and knows who he is
and
I know who I am

I never stopped standing

I just started standing for me
what was good for me
important for me
was in keeping with who I was and am at my core!!!

standing isn't to win your spouse back
standing is who you are at your core


there are many people who spout standing and have wicked nicknames for their exes, or who get their "feel goods" from outside instead of in

there are people who stand forever...not in the hopes of winning someone back but because of the person they are

there are people that don't even get out of the chair
they flash into a new relationship like changing socks

statistics don't matter when you are being true to who you are
1% or 100%...shouldn't matter
you aren't who you are for results

you are who you are because you must be