One person CAN make a difference – Good or Bad
One kind action, one word of hope, one shared Facebook post;
One person CAN make a difference. Good or Bad.
I would like to be remembered as someone who took a traumatic childhood experience and made a difference in the lives of others.
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| One person CAN make a difference. |
My
blog TomorrowsRainbow.Blogspot.com and
Facebook page Facebook/VisionsOfRainbows
have been floundering. I’d receive a like
or comment once in a great while. I’d
keep writing, posting, sharing, getting my story & message out about Child
Sexual Abuse and Incest. But nothing changed.
I don’t like to post all the daily gruesome stories that some websites
post about because frankly, in my opinion, those stories show the “ugliness” of
the world. I can get that from watching the nightly news. As a Survivor of molestation
& child sexual abuse, I know what it’s like to "Dream
About Prince Charming". I
prefer to speak to my inner-child and other victims of similar abuse with Hope,
Encouragement, and Positivity.
I noticed my FB posts
were being “hidden” and my FB page was being “unliked”. I was receiving negative
feedback. I was feeling very discouraged. I didn’t feel like I was reaching
anyone. It felt like I was writing on a blank piece of paper, putting it in the
mailbox, and having the mailman return it marked “undeliverable”.
People “hide” my FB posts, “unlike” my FB page, and don’t comment on my blog. Could it be because we ..
- don’t want encouragement
- don’t relate to child sexual abuse
- have saturated the topic of sexual abuse
- are numb to the effects of CSA
Then one day, one
of my Facebook posts was shared. Then another person shared the same post. And
another. And another. I saw the beginning of a “ripple effect” from one simple
act. The post that was shared was a
quote about strength and empowerment. As
of this morning, 10/2/2015, that one post has reached over 1,500 people. I finally feel like what I am doing is making
a difference. Someone can relate.
Someone needed to see that one post that day.
Someone liked something that also spoke to my inner-child. And
she smiled!
One person can make
a huge NEGATIVE impact on another person’s life. Each of these can
have a devastating effect on someone.
One simple act of
- verbally berating them
- emotionally hindering positivity & growth
- touching them inappropriately
- physically injuring them
One person can make
a huge POSITIVE impact on another person’s life. Each of these can
have a powerful effect on someone.
One simple act of
- kindness & empathy
- support and encouragement
- listening
- smiling
Growing up all I ever wanted
was to be heard. That is one reason why I chose the alias, pseudonym, pen name
IAMicried. I have always thought that
victims of CSA have wanted to be heard. They have wanted to no longer be
invisible to others. They have wanted validation and encouragement. This is how
I would like to impact their lives. This is how I would like to affect not only
CSA victims and Survivors; but others who struggle with the hurting of an
inner-child.
As time goes on, I would like to be remembered
- not as a CSA Survivor
- as a kind, supportive, empowering individual
- as someone who made a POSITIVE impact on others
I would like to be remembered as someone who took a traumatic childhood experience and made a difference in the lives of others.
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| Everything you do has some effect, some impact. |
You, too, CAN make a difference in the life of someone. One way is by
SHARING what you have seen on my Facebook Page Visions Of Rainbows. Share it with a friend. Share it with the public. If it touched your inner-child, it may also
touch another. The second way you can
make a difference is by COMMENTING on or SHARING my blog Tomorrows Rainbow on
blogspot.com. You can do this anonymously. Tell me what your thoughts
are after what you’ve read. Just imagine the “ripple effect” YOU could have in
someone else’s life. Not to mention mine.
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| I want to INSPIRE people. |
Do you want to impact someone’s life?
How do you want to affect their future?
How do you want to be remembered?
The storm has passed. See the rainbow?
It’s beautiful. Life is beautiful.
And you are beautiful too.
© IAMicried
Visions of Rainbows
5/31/2013
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