"I am deserving of love...

I am worthy of love...

I am in love with myself...

I love my life...

I am beautiful...

I am capable...

I'm sexy....

I'm wonderful..."

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If you can't say these things to yourself,

about yourself, without pausing or laughing

or countering with 'exceptions' and criticism...

perhaps consider saying these affirmations to yourself

a few dozen times every day...

until the reality sets in

and they're no longer empty words,

but rather your belief system.

You can't wait for someone else

to tell you what you need to hear.

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A Good Start to the Day

CHANGE THE TAPES

I'm capable, I'm strong, and I'm deserving.

If I want something, I have to work for it;
it isn't magic or rocket science.

Sometimes things work out, sometimes they don't.
It's called life, and nobody gets out alive.

It's all good, very little actually matters,
and trying to figure out or impose meaning in
every instance (or through connecting with a
magic genie) just overcomplicates shit.

So stop all the stressing and straining
and worrying (Yeah, that worry--it's
the most useless of emotions.)

Make a decsion; either you're going to Live,
or you're going to worry about stuff.
There isn't time nor energy for both.