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Julie,
I agree with Alysia and Kristin, your commitment and focus and care about yourself is what makes you NOT a victim, but a winner..you OWN your race time! :-)

And, in one of the latest SHARE stories (https://www.empowher.com/community/blog/bhavini211/thinking-positive), she writes about the power of positive thinking and changing our perspective and how we perceive and choose to label our histories.

From my perspective, you DID stand up for yourself, and made a (probable) wise decision to let it be. There is a real gift in walking the tight rope in business relationships, and winning the battle does not necessarily guarantee that you are not a victim; you had control over the situation and choose to take a different path (victims, by definition, do not have this choice and free will). Standing up for yourself, and choosing to do what is right for you and the bigger picture is invaluable! You may have given an even greater gift to the "self-timing" 2nd place woman...who knows what May 31st meant to her?!

You sound like a very strong woman, and perhaps the other lesson you were meant to learn that day was the Art of Letting Go?!

May 31, 2008 - 7:32pm

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