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Be Beautiful...
Yes, you are beautiful. And your physical beauty counts. Maybe you aren't Miss Nigeria. Maybe you aren't the handsome guy in town. But you have your own good looks. You are you. You are special.
Goodness and love have a way of making very ordinary persons---whether pudgy or skinny---look extremely attractive.
Don't ever be discouraged. It's the real you who is wearing those clothes and those color with that happy posture and that expression of being glad you're alive.
Recognize your own beauty. Say to yourself, "I'm beautiful" or "I'm handsome." Mean it.
Laugh! Laugh!! Laugh!!!
Laugh every single day. If there's nothing lively going on, think of something that's funny. Before you go to bed at night, be sure to have a good chuckle.
Life is full of amusing things. Learn to observe. There's a funny side even to the sad things that happen. It could take courage to recognize it, but it's there.
Build a repertoire of funny stories, things that happened to you. Tell these to others. Try not to talk about gruesome things like operations. Don't harp on your aches and pains. No one wants to listen to that kind of an organ recital
Dance! Dance!! Dance!!!
Limber up your muscles and free your energy. You can dance in a small space or a big space, an enclosed space or an open space. You can dance in the kitchen or in the great outdoors, anywhere at all.
Dancing is an attitude of mind. It's a response to the inner you. I's a body response to a moment in life. It's a soul response, too.
lets your thoughts dance and your mind dance and your prayer dance. Dancing is proof that you are truly alive.
Learn to Love
Learn the meaning of Love. Make it central in your life. Love God; love others; love yourself. Don't do it in some vague antiseptic way. Be caring.
Look at people when you talk to them and whey they talk to you. Let them know by your favorable attention that they mean alot to you.
Choose the people you care about. Care about those who were chossen by you, your family. Let them know you love them.
A big hug speaks a language all its own...
Appreciate yourself... Appreciate yourself...
Just for fun sometimes, imagine that you are a gift you have sent to yourself. Suppose you were all crated up in straw like a beautiful piece of sculpture. United Parcel delivers this gift to you.
As you remove the wooden slats and straw to uncover the artwork which is you, you see that this artistic marvel is alive and breathing, has a marvelous future, is fun to be with, is both practical and creative, has unlimited potential.
That's you. You really are a gift to yourself.
Appreciate your Creator.... Appreciate your Creator......
Your Creator is so amazing, imaginative, charming, alive fantastic, and loving that you can never appreciate him properly. But you can begin.
You can talk and listen to him, worship and thank him, laugh with, ask, and love him for all you are worth. And remember, you are worth a lot----especially to him. You exist because he loves you. Without him there would be no yesterday, today or tomorrow for you. He loves you at this very momemt.
All this may make you so happy that you get lost on cloud nine. But come on down adn be practical in your appreciation. Do the things he said to do. Think the thoughts he said to think. Be the wonderful you he want to be. That's real appreciation, and that's reason enough for you to let yourself grow.
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