The Courage to be Myself

I have the courage to…

~ Embrace my strengths ~

~ Get excited about life ~

~ Face and transform my fears ~

~ Ask for help and support when I need it ~

~ Spring free of the super-human trap ~

~ Trust myself ~

~ Make my own decisions and choices ~

~ Befriend myself ~

~ Complete unfinished business ~

~ Realize that I have emotional and practical rights ~

~ Talk as nicely to myself as I do to my plants ~

~ Communicate lovingly with understanding as my goal ~

~ Honor my own needs ~

~ Give myself credit for my accomplishments ~

~ Love the person within me ~

~ Overcome my addiction to approval ~

~ Grant myself permission to play ~

~ Quit being a responsibility sponge ~

~ Feel all of my feelings and act on them appropriately ~

~ Nurture others because I want to, not because I have to ~

~ Choose what is right for me ~

~ Insist on being paid fairly for the job I do ~

~ Set limits and boundaries and stick by them ~

~ Say “yes” only when I really mean it ~

~ Have realistic expectations ~

~ Take risks accept change ~

~ Grow through challenges ~

~ The totally honest with myself ~

~ Correct erroneous beliefs and assumptions ~

~ Respect my vulnerabilities ~

~ Heal old and current wounds ~

~ Favor the mystery of Spirit ~

~ Wave goodbye to guilt ~

~ Plant “flower,” not “weed” thoughts in my mind ~

~ Treat myself with respect and teach others to do the same ~

~ Feel my own cup first, then nourish others from the overflow ~

~ Own my own excellence ~

~ Plan for the future but live in the present ~

~ Value my intuition and wisdom ~

~ Know that I am lovable ~

~ Celebrate the differences between men and women ~

~ Develop healthy, supportive relationships ~

~ Make forgiveness a priority ~

~ Accept myself just as I am now ~