For Your Consideration

Some wisdom gathered along the way in 15 years of practicing Texas family law.

You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

— Marcus Aurelius

For the Hard Seasons

Go steadily through the hardest seasons, and remember that no single storm is the whole of the sky. Speak plainly, and listen longer than you speak; most conflict is grief wearing the mask of anger.

Be fair, even when fairness is not returned to you. Guard your dignity — it is the one thing no one can take unless you hand it over. Do not measure your worth against another's worst day, nor your future against your hardest year.

Protect the children first. They did not choose the conflict, and they will remember who kept them safe inside it. Let go of the battles that cost more than they could ever win.

Tend your own strength, so you are not hollow when someone needs to lean on you. Forgive where you can, release what you cannot, and do not carry into tomorrow what belongs to yesterday.

Endings are not only losses — they are also doorways. Whatever has broken, a life can still be rebuilt, often into something steadier than before. Be patient with that work. Be patient with yourself.

— C.W. Martin

For Your Consideration

Some wisdom gathered along the way in 15 years of practicing Texas family law.

Every family that walks through these doors is in the middle of a story — not at its end. The law cannot undo what brought them here, but it can clear the ground for what comes next.

A Personal Covenant

• I WILL listen before I advise;
• I WILL treat every client with patience and dignity;
• I WILL keep the children's wellbeing at the center of every decision;
• I WILL pursue resolution over revenge;
• I WILL be honest about what the law can and cannot do;
• I WILL fight hard, but never let the fight outlast its purpose;
• I WILL protect what matters and let go of what does not;
• I WILL measure success by the futures I help rebuild, not only the cases I win; and
• I WILL remember that behind every file is a family.

— C.W. Martin

The strongest thing you can do for your children is to speak well of their other parent — especially when it is hard.

One More Thought…

Though the dogs may bark, the caravan moves on.

(This too shall pass.)

— Old proverb

C.W. Martin

Attorney at Law

CW Martin Law Office, PLLC

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Fort Worth, Texas 76107

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