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Catwoman · 04-21-2005, 09:44 AM

Er

don't know what to say. Was that four 256ths of a compliment? I don't know. No idea what I am. Don't care anymore, actually. Self absorption isn't all that attractive... So (ahem) how are you today? How is everyone?

wolf · 04-21-2005, 10:21 AM

You can give yourself permission to admit you do well at things. Or even to go way out on a limb and understand that it's okay to like yourself.

Why is it you're not? (you don't have to answer this out loud. just answer it for yourself. you're the only one that counts.)

Troubleshooter · 04-21-2005, 10:26 AM

From my email tagline:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?...Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine,... It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

mrnoodle · 04-21-2005, 10:36 AM

Who said that? That's cool.

Catwoman · 04-21-2005, 10:36 AM

I've seen that somewhere before, I like it. So what do we do about it: how does one 'let their own light shine'?

warch · 04-21-2005, 10:41 AM

Who blasted you in your formative years to make you feel like a waste?
Or who saw you and encouraged your sense of worth?

Troubleshooter · 04-21-2005, 10:57 AM

http://www.storybin.com/wisdom/wisdom118.shtml

# Source: Attributed to Marianne Williamson in her book, A Return to Love.
# Author: Marianne Williamson

Warm and fuzzy isn't my thing but that quote goes a long way to positively reinforce my signature from here.

limey · 04-22-2005, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catwoman

...Just one person, she thinks, will do; to know me and think I am wonderful....

And that one person is your, yourself. Believe me on this one. And no, it's not the soft option.

Catwoman · 04-22-2005, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by warch

Who blasted you in your formative years to make you feel like a waste?

My father's girlfriend. School friends. Boys.

Quote:

Originally Posted by warch

Or who saw you and encouraged your sense of worth?

My mother (dramatically). Teachers. Anyone who read my writing, saw me act, heard me play music, or had a conversation with me.

It probably balances out between those who thought I was amazing, and those who thought I was nothing more than a pair of breasts or a stuck up little brat.

Quote:

Originally Posted by limey

And that one person is your, yourself. Believe me on this one. And no, it's not the soft option.

I know. You're right, absolutely.

warch · 04-22-2005, 11:34 AM

School friends

Crappy friends. That said, I know there is nothing more given to pure evil than prepubescent girls jockeying for status. Cannibals. But it usually goes away.

OnyxCougar · 04-24-2005, 04:30 PM

We can not all be the same if some of us are remarkable.

04-21-2005, 09:44 AM	#46
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	Er don't know what to say. Was that four 256ths of a compliment? I don't know. No idea what I am. Don't care anymore, actually. Self absorption isn't all that attractive... So (ahem) how are you today? How is everyone? __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

04-21-2005, 10:21 AM	#47
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You can give yourself permission to admit you do well at things. Or even to go way out on a limb and understand that it's okay to like yourself. Why is it you're not? (you don't have to answer this out loud. just answer it for yourself. you're the only one that counts.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-21-2005, 10:26 AM	#48
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	From my email tagline: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?...Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine,... It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

04-21-2005, 10:36 AM	#49
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	Who said that? That's cool. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

04-21-2005, 10:36 AM	#50
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	I've seen that somewhere before, I like it. So what do we do about it: how does one 'let their own light shine'? __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

04-21-2005, 10:41 AM	#51
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Who blasted you in your formative years to make you feel like a waste? Or who saw you and encouraged your sense of worth?

04-21-2005, 10:57 AM	#52
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	http://www.storybin.com/wisdom/wisdom118.shtml # Source: Attributed to Marianne Williamson in her book, A Return to Love. # Author: Marianne Williamson Warm and fuzzy isn't my thing but that quote goes a long way to positively reinforce my signature from here. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

04-22-2005, 11:34 AM	#55
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	School friends Crappy friends. That said, I know there is nothing more given to pure evil than prepubescent girls jockeying for status. Cannibals. But it usually goes away.

04-24-2005, 04:30 PM	#56
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	We can not all be the same if some of us are remarkable. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

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