People say we are survivors but I don't see us as survivors of anything. We are still here, there's nothing that's come and tried to dislodge us. We just go about our business.
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People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors.
Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors.
The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also refer to the loved ones of murder victims, and this was the sense in which it was used at a four-day conference in early June at Boston College.
I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.
Human beings are remarkably resilient. When you think about it, our species has been teetering upon the edge of the existential cliff since Hiroshima. In short, we endure.
I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one.
I'm a survivalist and a survivor.
Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving.
I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.