"When self-respect takes its rightful place in the psyche of woman, she will not allow herself to be manipulated by anyone." ~ Indira Mahindra

This is pretty powerful, something I myself need to think long and hard about.

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I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are. ~ Frances Moore Lappe

Bumping

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I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are. ~ Frances Moore Lappe

That is a very true quote!!!

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~Happiness is a large family~

I also like how Dr. Phil refers to self respect:

You allow people to treat you the way they treat you.

So true. But let's go deeper. How do we get them to stop treating us with disrespect and manipulation when words don't work, nor do examples of good and bad?

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Make someone's heart smile today.

Good question, and I don't know the answer. However, I have an opinion.

Sometimes, you just have to block that person from your daily life. Period. You may be thinking, but it is my husband how do I do that?? Well, you have to think long and hard about the big picture and not the little picture.

The little picture is, we have kids, we have bills, etc...

The big picture is....YOUR HAPPINESS....being uphappy but doing the "right thing" is not always best.

KWIM??

Maybe it is a boss, and you are saying but I need this job. Well, there are plenty of other jobs out there....and you aren't going to get anywhere by not trying to find something else.

I have a few other examples..but maybe someone else would like to take a shot at this??

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I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are. ~ Frances Moore Lappe

Did everyone get a chance to see this quote??

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I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are. ~ Frances Moore Lappe