Shoving it down is like creating a sink hole that will swallow all reason to exist. We have to evaluate why we feel, make certain choices and how we are affected. I let people break me. I let them affect how I felt about myself. I watched as they stole every piece of me and told them how to hurt me more. I didn’t love me for most my life. I didn’t think I deserved more so I never granted myself more. No matter where I tried to hide or what change I made; it never faltered to find me. All day long I can crave revenge but the reality is I’m only hurting myself more.I made the choice to allow it and now I know I have the ability to stop it. It’s not easy. It doesn’t happen all at once. But piece by piece I am coming together inside again. There is nothing we can do to change how another behaves but we can change how we participate.