Worry is a total waste of time. It doesn’t change anything. All it does is steal your joy and keeps you very busy doing nothing.
When you look at other people through a lens of compassion and understanding rather than judgment and jealousy, you are better able to see them for what they are – human beings. They are beautifully imperfect human beings going through the same universal challenges that we all go through.
The people you compare yourself to compare themselves to other people too. We all compare ourselves to other people, and the people who seem to have it all often do not.
Accept compliments graciously. Accept feedback positively – be prepared to say you don’t agree but do not get defensive or angry.
Allow yourself to be angry, but always be respectful. Do say what’s on your mind, but do it in a way that protects the other person’s feelings. Control your emotions.
Don’t wait for someone to recognise what you need: to perform to your full potential, your needs must be met. Find ways to get your needs met without sacrificing others’ needs in the process.
Recognise your rights and protect them. Believe you deserve to be treated with respect and dignity at all times. Stop apologising for everything.
Understand that your rights, thoughts, feelings, needs and desires are just as important as everyone else’s – but remember they are not more important than anyone else’s.
The reactions you have to others gives you more information about yourself than about them – what you do and don’t accept about yourself.
Originality is beautiful. Big brown eyes, green eyes, blue eyes alike. Your natural skin tone is beautiful. Your hair color and your smile. Your voice, your laugh, and your personality. You are truly beautiful just the way you are!