My Declaration of Self-Esteem: by Virginia Satir

I AM ME


In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me
Everything that comes out of me is authentically me
Because I alone chose it - I own everything about me
My body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions,
Whether they be to others or to myself - I own my fanatasies,
My dreams, my hopes, my fears - I own all my triumphs and
Successes, all my failures and mistakes Because I own all of
Me, I can become intimately acquainted with me - by so doing
I can love me and be friendly with me in all my parts - I know
There are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other
Aspects that I do not know - but as long as I am
Friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously
And hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles
And for ways to find out more about me - However I
Look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever
I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically
Me - If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought
And felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is
Unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that
Which I discarded - I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do
I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be
Productive to make sense and order out of the world of
People and things outside of me - I own me, and
therefore I can engineer me - I am me and


I AM OKAY

Too Much TV May Take Years Off Your Life

Just some food for thought so to speak :D

<link>http://news.yahoo.com/too-much-tv-may-years-off-life-231005195.html</link>

Yup I am back, all my fans can rejoice and my critics can cringe ;) I love you all regardless.  Not that much to say but a little article that prompted some self realization.

I do like this line in it

"But other experts cautioned that the study did not show that TV watching caused people to die sooner, only that there was an association between watching lots of TV and a shorter lifespan."

I like that they are giving us the info but not really trying to push the idea on us only inform.  I like that and I am usually more open to this approach

I cant imagine sitting in front of anything is good for us.  so for my all night video game sessions that last about 10 hours or more I've taken about 3.5 hours off my life :/ and I have done that ALOT.  I guess when its put into perspective and I am forced to look at what the mindless actions of my life are doing its an eye opener, will I change? hard to tell on that one *chuckles* I would like to think so but thinking so won't get it done, only action will



**Knowledge is Power**

11 Simple Swaps for Dramatic Weight Loss

 www.rd.com/slideshows/11-simple-swaps-for-dramatic-weight-loss/?trkid=ERDA13022-1

Readers Digest is always sendig me emails, and to be fair I did sign up for it.  When they come I grumble and I have started to unsubscribe more than once yet I am fearful I might miss something *chuckles*

So today I opened this one and I was going through it and I really enjoyed it, will there be anything that shakes your world up? probably not but maybe.

It didn't shake my world in the traditional sence but it did help me to realize a few places I could be shaving off some uncessarly calories.

This is another version of the eat this not that genre so take what you need and leave the rest

**Knowledge is power**