Affirmations
I used to keep a list of affirmations near me at most times … they were especially helpful after harsh words. I was cleaning out my harddrive of my laptop yesterday afternoon and I found them. They currently read:
1. I am intelligent.
2. I am loved and loveable.
3. I am beautiful.
4. I am accomplished.
I was thinking that maybe, to help myself out of my funk from yesterday I would extrapolate on those four affirmations for me to look back on.
1. I am intelligent. I have always been a good student. I graduated high school in the top 15% of my class. I took multiple honors courses. I graduated from college with an above-average GPA and have a degree in a foreign language. I still know this foreign language! I read all the time just to educate myself. I have brains. I got into school again … I am a smart woman!
2. I am loved and loveable. Not only do I have a wide-circle of friends, I have an incredibly supportive set of parents. I have friends I could call at 2am and they would get up just to help me out. I could go to my parents with anything and they would still love me. My mom is the best cheerleader I’ve ever had and I know that she loves me. I have a huge extended family who love me as well.
3. I am beautiful. While I may not look like Natalie Portman or Julia Roberts, I have beautiful eyes. I receive compliments on them quite often. I also have incredibly straight teeth and take good care of them. I have an hour-glass figure that I am proud of, and since starting to run again, my legs are becoming more shapely. I clean up pretty well when I want to, and know which parts of me to accentuate.
4. I am accomplished. Along with being educated, I have a degree to prove that I have brains. I write for two paid blogging sites and have had a book “published” (in grade school) which proves that I can write. I got into multiple post-bacc programs for going back to school. I have worked successfully in a job for years and am being recruited by people I’m applying with now.
Do you keep any affirmations in your life? Would you like to have some affirmations? If you need help coming up with some, for now, I suggest checking out Daily Affirm.com. You can sign up to get daily affirmations emailed to you every day if you’d like!
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May 20th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
I’m not that good at keeping lists, and to be honest I’ve never thought about daily affirmations. But if I had to do one, I guess this would be it:
I’m breathing. That’s all that matters. Heh.
May 20th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
MAD - I love lists like a fat kid loves chocolate cake.
I really like your affirmation though … breathing, some days is all that matters!
June 6th, 2007 at 8:02 am
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