When I read the quote from the cd cover of Taylor Swift's new album "Fearless" I needed to write about it. These words are so thought provoking that you can’t read it and not be left with that feeling that this passage applied to you.I have chosen certain parts of this passage that really hit home on so many levels …..
FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again even though every time you've tried before, you've lost.
How true is this? I think that I have lost count of the number of times I have found myself having to get up and fight for what I want, especially when I had struggled to get up after having fallen face first in the muck. And make no mistake about it, getting knocked out is the easy as pie part… it’s the other part that is so hard. Having to pull yourself up from whatever pit you had fallen into and then taking that step into the ring again.
Over the years I fought for a number of things... I fought for the career I wanted, even after I had given up that I would ever get there. But I did. I fought for a friendship that had crumbled only to have it replaced with a stronger and more solid one. I fought for love... I fought for a marriage that was slowly breaking, just to realise that it will always be a work in progress and that it doesn’t have to be perfect....and I fight and I fight……….everyday….
I have cried and fought and laughed and fought my way out of the pit but I have always gotten up and lifted myself out of that pit…Sometimes I tried for all the wrong reasons and then there were those times when I just knew without a shadow of a doubt what it was I was fighting for… It always came down to the life I wanted and knew that I deserved…
It also helps when you are fighting a battle to have a really strong support team.. Team Turton is Riaan's team and it is a team I am so proud to be apart of.. I don't think I would have been able to be where I am now if it wasn't for his belief in me and his constant "nagging" for almost a year that I should get up off my bottom and fight for what I want.
Having his unwavering belief in me makes me feel...FEARLESS....
Mrs T... xoxo
Thank you for the inspirational words ... and for being one of the few who fights for what they believe in! You have far too much wit to be on the sidelines, taking a back seat to your dreams.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice that you have a husband that supports you completely. I'm married too ~ for, well, it'll be 12 years in July. We get along great, but there are definitely some rought times and misunderstandings ... you know, not enough money to have "extra" after bills, house not as clean as it should be. Sometimes, there's just not enough time in the day.
Wow ... tangent, sorry :) Basically, I just wanted to say Thanks! Thanks for being strong, thanks for your superb memory and your wit and thanks for treating people with the utmost respect, while still maintaining humor and a large dose of reality ... makes everybody feel good about themselves ... even when they usually don't.
Smiles,
Angie