And from then on, you always felt a little guilty when you were proud of yourself, or when you wanted to share your accomplishments.
I'm going to share something with you, though, and you can tell anyone you'd like.
You can like yourself, really. You can be proud of the things you do well without taking anything away from other people who also do things well. And in turn, they can be proud of the things they do well, without in any way damaging you.
It's so simple, really, but it took me a long time to learn that hiding what we love about ourselves does no one any favors.
So, I'm going to start... but I want to hear what you love about yourself as well. Post it in a comment, blog about it, tweet about it, you are beautiful, special and unique and it's okay to say so!
I love:
- that I like to take care of people.
- that I can cook a good meal.
- that I've come so far in my photography, and yeah, I'm good at it.
- that I'm raising a happy baby.
- that I have unique handwriting
- that I sing well
- that I look good in red
- that my husband thinks I'm cute and maybe I am :)
Okay, now I want to hear yours. Tell me what you love about yourself!
I love that I have a cute wife!
ReplyDeleteAlzbeta this is so good. Why is it so difficult to feel good about oneself because of one gift or another?
ReplyDeleteI think I'll use this topic for next week's blog post! This is a genuine inspiration and I think it'll be good for me to reflect on it further and to help others do so too! I won't forget to credit you either and you can add the fact that you move others to virtue to your own list!
@catholicwife
ReplyDeleteKatie, I'm so glad it gave you some inspiration for your beautiful blog! I'll be excited to read it :).
I'm going to blog about it, but DANG I don't do liking myself.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this!!
ReplyDeleteI love:
- that I have a big heart.
- my hair is super easy to do.
- I'm a good step-momma
- that my favorite part about Christmas is buying other people gifts.
I like how:
ReplyDelete- I'm a hard worker
- I can rely on myself when I need to
- I can rely on God when I know it's out of my hands
- I always tell myself to keep trying no matter what
Nice post. Keep it up :)
Wow! Okay here goes...
ReplyDeleteI love
- that I can always make my husband laugh.
- my daughter, and as her mama no one else knows her in the way her mama can.
- that I can play piano well.
- that I am a kind and cheerful person.
- being a hard worker.
- my OCD! Even though it gets in the way of normalcy I really wouldn't do without it.
Over 2 years later and this post still hits me. Re-releasing my own version with a new list because, frankly, I need to stop being so hard on myself. Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad it speaks so well to your heart... you deserve to like yourself (I think you're great)! It's probably a concept I should revisit ;-).
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