“I am not what I have done, I am what I have overcome” Unknown
“The key to survival is faith” Colonel Coffee, MIA Survivor
Tag Archives: self-acceptance
Vision
“When I was a kid in school and finished my class work or a test early, I would take out a piece of paper and write my name in three columns on every line. I was the only kid in the class who did that. One day the teacher came over to ask me why I would always write my name over and over again. I told her that one day I was going to be famous and people are going to ask me for my autograph so I am practicing writing it now” Tyrone Montgomery, NFL player for the Oakland Raiders
Unconditional Love….Happy Valentines Day
When all Else Fails: “They laughed and asked me what I see in you. I smiled back and said…everything you don’t” Unknown
There have been times that my children expressed to me a lack of confidence in themselves. It’s natural at times for people to fall into feelings of doubt. But what I see in them is everything they don’t. I see their love and worth. I see the good that is innately there. I see all the potential they have going for them. I see love. If they could only see what I see in them they would never doubt themselves. I see the two most precious people I have ever known. I love them deeply and see everything in them that makes my heart know my life is beautiful for having known them.
From the Book: This River Called Life, A Letter to My Children http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0077SF3GY
Believe in Yourself
The authentic self gives you power, vision, and passion.
You’ll never get something in your life unless you believe you deserve it. You have to believe and fall in love with yourself. Believe in yourself, your worth, your value. Dr. Phil
Know Yourself
Nothing is more important than to know yourself. This makes all things on all planes in all realities easy.
To grow and change we need to integrate insight into our lives. The irony is that we create all the situations in our lives to teach us things. We set ourselves up for lessons and when they come along we feel hurt. Self-pity means you need to be aware of your illusions. The very hurt and fear that you feel is part of the lesson you yourself have created. When you stop resisting the feeling and realized that the persons involved in the situation are just actors on the stage, then you are free to receive insights into what is going on. If you know yourself, then your life works. You do not have problems in one-to-one relationships. You do not set yourself up to be rejected or dumped on, lied to or ripped off. You do not set yourself up to be bored or frustrated, for you are in tune with and following your creative life path.
Betty Bethards, The Dream Book
We are Worthy
“So many of us were emotionally abandoned as children and learned that the only safety or thing to count on was doing it all by ourselves. We fill the emptiness by being beholden to no one. The alternative is giving and receiving. We are worthy.” Sark
Patience
Waiting can be very powerful. If you can wait, you can sometimes achieve something you couldn’t have today. Things happen when the time is right…when we’re ready, when God is read, when the world is ready. Give up, let go, but keep the goal on your list.
Melody Beattie
You First
Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job. I’ve worked hard on my personal development, and I must admit that this has been the most challenging assignment of all. This business of personal development lasts a lifetime. But here’s the great axiom of life: To have more than you’ve got, become more than you are. Unless you change how you are, you’ll always have what you’ve got. – Jim Rohn, from his classic “Lessons on Life” gift book.
Children Learn What They Live
By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.
