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	<title>Comments on: Success isn&#8217;t being on top</title>
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		<title>By: Becky</title>
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		<description>I live this truth abundantly.
  I have heard and heard how divorce scares and twists the lives of those who undergo its painful destruction.  
  I have heard how whatever you lived as a child you must repeat in adult life with little variance.
  I have heard that unless you are already among the &#039;right people&#039; there will never be a chance.
  I have heard many things from the &#039;theys&#039; Never seeing or knowing who they are.  You know they say...
  But this is what I know.
  I have been through all of these things.  I do not live the outcomes that the &#039;theys&#039; said I would.  I give due respect to the heart felt pain that can come from these previeously stated experiences.  I do know that I have never faced anything in my life that has not strengthened me, or opened new doors for me, IF I met it with the right attitude.  And not just attitude, but a decision to be and do something different.  
  I didn&#039;t know what was possible, but I knew what I didn&#039;t want.  I didn&#039;t want what &#039;they&#039; had for me.  If that was all &#039;they&#039; had to offer I would offer myself something else.
  I continue to bounce high.  I look for &quot;setbacks&quot; and challenges, were as before I only wanted achievement without these price tags.  I achieve more because I am willing to be who I am now, and improve as I go.  
  It takes just as much effort to live the life you do not enjoy, as it does the life you would like to have.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I live this truth abundantly.<br />
  I have heard and heard how divorce scares and twists the lives of those who undergo its painful destruction.<br />
  I have heard how whatever you lived as a child you must repeat in adult life with little variance.<br />
  I have heard that unless you are already among the &#8216;right people&#8217; there will never be a chance.<br />
  I have heard many things from the &#8216;theys&#8217; Never seeing or knowing who they are.  You know they say&#8230;<br />
  But this is what I know.<br />
  I have been through all of these things.  I do not live the outcomes that the &#8216;theys&#8217; said I would.  I give due respect to the heart felt pain that can come from these previeously stated experiences.  I do know that I have never faced anything in my life that has not strengthened me, or opened new doors for me, IF I met it with the right attitude.  And not just attitude, but a decision to be and do something different.<br />
  I didn&#8217;t know what was possible, but I knew what I didn&#8217;t want.  I didn&#8217;t want what &#8216;they&#8217; had for me.  If that was all &#8216;they&#8217; had to offer I would offer myself something else.<br />
  I continue to bounce high.  I look for &#8220;setbacks&#8221; and challenges, were as before I only wanted achievement without these price tags.  I achieve more because I am willing to be who I am now, and improve as I go.<br />
  It takes just as much effort to live the life you do not enjoy, as it does the life you would like to have.</p>
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