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[AntoniaB]

IB there are days I want to be rescued too. I think that is a very honest statement for you to make and it cuts to the heart of it.

Being rescued would make you feel good for a time...let's ASSUME that would happen...you'd feel good for a time, you'd feel the weight off.

BUT.

You'd know something was off or wrong. At this point, you'd know.

What you have to learn, and what I have to tell myself over and over, is that YOU ARE THE ONE WHO RESCUES YOU. You are the only one who can do this who will remain TRUE to you.

I'm not saying don't ever trust someone again; I'm saying when it comes to being saved, we women (as I suspect this is a female trait more than a male trait) have got to learn that the stories about males rescuing us are just that, stories that reflect a different time than we live in.

I will post something that I stitched on a pillow awhile ago...back when I was with XH, and yet at the time I didn't even believe it. But I believe it now. It is by Jennifer Aikman-Smith:

"Once upon a time is how most fairy tales first start. Then add a questing maiden or a knight so pure of heart. Sometimes there is a treasure, Princely frog or magic blade, Dangers to be conquered or long journeys to be made. Yet strength and courage triumph to the enemy's chagrin, The questing soul discovers that the Hero lies within."

You are your own savior. This is the truth buried in you.