Hm. Well, she helped me get through a pretty crappy time in my life where I basically had to put aside my own life for a year in order to take care of others. Her inspirational willingness to do that herself helped a lot.
She just somehow makes me proud? I don't know if that's really what you mean, but just the fact that she exists, albeit in a fictional form, is inspiring in itself. And then Mary inspires meIin her comments about Laura and in things she says about life in general, because she seems to so often tap into things that I need to hear.
In all seriousness, yesterday I saw my RL father for the first time in 5 years.
I didn't need to throw him out of the airlock because he knew that if he misbehaved, I absolutely would.
In other words, he had no reason to doubt my resolve, so he respected my clear, firm boundaries.
I'm proud of the core strength and determined gaze I embodied. And I'm glad that at the same time, I was able to be compassionate and kind in a healthy, reasonable way.
Even as I explored the possibility of forgiving him, I never lost sight of my responsibility to protect...myself.
I know Laura was protecting the fleet and humanity, but I was inspired by her resolve and her clarity of purpose.
Double InspirationmollythraceApril 29 2014, 13:11:55 UTC
Laura has inspired me in a bunch of ways, like the idea that as I get older, I can be more confident, and still be strong as well as feminine, and also because she's a person who is open to letting her experiences change her opinions without compromising her ideals (okay, maybe a little, when it comes to elections!)
But also, her life and death created this comm, and reading about how other people take inspiration from her and from each other has really inspired me in the past two years since I found it and started lurking here!
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She just somehow makes me proud? I don't know if that's really what you mean, but just the fact that she exists, albeit in a fictional form, is inspiring in itself. And then Mary inspires meIin her comments about Laura and in things she says about life in general, because she seems to so often tap into things that I need to hear.
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I didn't need to throw him out of the airlock because he knew that if he misbehaved, I absolutely would.
In other words, he had no reason to doubt my resolve, so he respected my clear, firm boundaries.
I'm proud of the core strength and determined gaze I embodied. And I'm glad that at the same time, I was able to be compassionate and kind in a healthy, reasonable way.
Even as I explored the possibility of forgiving him, I never lost sight of my responsibility to protect...myself.
I know Laura was protecting the fleet and humanity, but I was inspired by her resolve and her clarity of purpose.
This weekend, it served my soul and my life.
And for that, I am forever grateful.
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But also, her life and death created this comm, and reading about how other people take inspiration from her and from each other has really inspired me in the past two years since I found it and started lurking here!
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