What’s the trait you value most about yourself?
It’s my watchword for life. I wasn’t raised to be a kind person, my family were one thing when you were with them, and another when you weren’t. They were also gossips, so they would call you and tell you what was said about you.
This feels incredible to me now, but in truth I’m proof of nature over nurture.
When I realised what we were, what was ‘normal’ in our family,- I felt sick, horrified, beyond appalled. I made up my mind there and then that I would no longer be that person. I wanted to be able to look at myself in a mirror and be able to say that I was someone I liked.
I am. Tell me a secret now and it’s safer than Fort Knox. I know what it’s like to be put down so hard you need digging up, and I’m very careful with others and their feelings. I don’t judge because I’ve never walked a mile in anyone else’s shoes.
I just want to be someone who won’t hurt you. Who will make you feel great to be you.
Crazy
I love my sense of humour. Thank God it never deserted me in the difficult times, and I thank my not-a-gossip father for it.
Humour is life. Kindness is empowering. Together they save your sanity and make the world a better place.
Yes…I can face myself in the mirror…and laugh!
Kindness and smiles
Deb xx
Deb Hawken - Amorah 