Bully? Baby, you were born this way.

So about the bully stuff
I want to talk about what it's like to be bullied and what it's like to be the bully
I want to talk about what it means to believe in yourself even when you've got life's odds against you.
I don't advocate bullying. We're all in this together. We may be different and it's good to have your own individuality but we can learn to live together and respect one another, even celebrate our differences. Sure, there may be certain things that are and aren't accepted in a society but we can always go about it with love. Sometimes love isn't all flowery or anything but it's not closing yourself off from source. That connection with source is what keeps us sane, it keeps us from going on self destruct mode. We are self destructive and destructive to those around us.
But in the meantime, where we can't control what other people do at the end of the day. We can help put an end  to a lot of it but we can't truly control anyone. It's gotta' be a natural thing. We can totally help along the process but the only way to really do that is by focusing on oneself own growth.
So that's why I take on this subject with a personal level.

Let's pretend for just a moment that life is a huge archetypal game. It's a serious game.
When you come into this world you are innocent and you do not doubt who you are, you just are.
For me, my family was accepting of me and bullying wasn't accepted. I learned "right and wrong" from my family but besides that - who I was completely accepted. No doubts in me.
When I came in contact with the bully, there was a new idea implanted in my mind. People who didn't see me as precious or magical. I had to "earn my stripes" and since life depends on perspective, no matter what I did - there would always be someone who didn't like me...who I didn't please. So that's where clicks are made. Those who you feel you "fit in" with - those who will accept you but only if you stay within the ways of the click. I didn't like to fit into a specific click. I just saw people as people. I wanted to know them all. Except for those pariah's or really mean people. I learned that if you didn't carry yourself with confidence and have an air of "being cool" - weakness would be smelled and one would be devoured.
We were not celebrated for our uniqueness, many were mocked. It was "dog eat dog" world. Who was the dominant? Who was the alpha male? But ALL of us felt the pain. The pain of not being enough, of being humiliated and of wondering what are purpose was. Could we still be true and genuinely who we were without hurting others?
Can you stand in beatings without beating back? I didn't. I gave in as we all did and was going to perpetuate the madness. This disconnect and the message, the cruel challenge.
The bully is an archetype  The bully tries to overtake you. The bully tells you that you don't matter. But the bully lives in you and in me and sometimes the bully is expressed through you and I. Sometimes we laugh at others pain and humiliation. In this archetypal game - we have all the archetype's.
As said above, I wish to live in a world where the bully is no longer needed. There are things we can do to reach this new level but it all begins with ourselves. So here we are. The bully is at it again.
Do you choose to believe in yourself? Can you find that person who is flawless within?
The bully asks us the question. The bully is willing to do anything to you to make that answer be no. And sometimes you can't escape the bully. The bully is the manifestation of your fears and of your self hatred.

Do you deserve to live? Do you matter? Does anyone - even yourself...care for you?
Sometimes you just try to survive...Not just the bully outside but the one inside your head and heart.

And I didn't survive gloriously. Sometimes I believed the bully. Sometimes I became the bully. Sometimes I ran and hid from the bully. I made mistakes and no, I couldn't always handle it nor did I always stand up for myself. None of this is what truly matters, though.

In this life we get knocked down. It's simply the act of getting back up, brushing off the humiliation and trying at another day. This is strength. Only pride needs for you to be perfect. It is what keeps you from forgiving yourself and what makes you always strive to be the best. But what is pride if not fear? For pride is stipulation. You have to live up to a certain expectation to accept yourself. This is not truth. Love is where confidence comes from. You are free to be who you are - even if you slip up and fall. For you know that even in failures, there is a gain. You learn greatly from your failures and you also learn an important humbleness. We are all weak at some points, there is a child that will always live in us. It is the determination to keep trying that shows strength and helps build confidence. Continue to believe in yourself. Continue to root for yourself and what you believe in.

You matter
You deserve your own love
It is okay to be free
You are truly your very best when you are free and genuinely being true to yourself
You are a marvelous child of God

Blossom, break through the cocoon. It is struggle but it is making your stronger. For some reason in this life we all have something we struggle with.
Life asks us the question, "Do you TRULY believe in this? I can show you all the proof you need to not believe it." And it can. It can show you a reality where you fears are real.
But why? Why when there is just as much proof if you are willing to look that you are worthwhile?
This is where it comes down to one simple fact: You have the choice. No bully, circumstance or struggle can take that away from you.

You can choose what you believe. About yourself and about life. Choose what matters to you. Follow your own truth. Listen to who you truly are. You are perfect the way you are.

You can always, always choose love and freedom. You can always choose that you have simply had a enough.

I pulled myself out of public school and started homeschooling and going to church school. To some it could be running away but it's what I wanted to do and I don't regret it. Maybe you can speak out - refuse to let it be okay to be bullied. You don't have to do this alone. Don't worry about whether other's call you a coward. It take courage to speak out. It takes courage to stand up for yourself and what you believe in. Whether you get help or whether you do it on your own.
It doesn't matter if others say you are cowardly, weird or stupid - too sensitive. You decide what your boundaries are. YOU decide what you can and can't deal with. YOU decide what you think is okay to do or not and then you do what is best for you. It doesn't matter if other people can accept it. But I promise you this, when you are genuine and you do your very best to stand up for what you believe in. Especially if you are able to keep from blaming others but see that this all about YOU being true to YOURSELF there will be other people backing you up. You won't be in this alone. And even if you have to walk it alone for a little while - if you are doing what is best for yourself, you will feel love and respect for yourself. And guess who is the only person you will live with all of your life? Yourself. Not that bully.

Love you all, beautiful babies,
Elizabeth  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJalg6PcML8&feature=related
Perfect song <3 <3 <3
Whether life's disabilities
Left you outcast, bullied or teasedRejoice and love yourself today'Cause baby, you were born this way

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