We ALL NEED this!!!

[DevilMayKare 1]

Okay everybody, take a moment and go here:

(I promise it will give you a smile)

http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~geoffo/humour/flattery.html

[scottygyrl 1]

I feel so muh better about myself after that!!!

[bushbaby 8]

I needed that!

[Jessiebear 2]

That was cool! LOL! And I am smiling!

[the best me 6]

Wow! What a lift, I found myself smiling!

You know, there's a TV commercial out by...I don't know who?...about the 5 things you can do every day that help you be healthy.

Eat whole grains

Walk more

Eat less fat

yada yada

So the ad shows people doing those things and getting cheers of encouragement from others...the kid starting off the day with a bowl of healthy Cereal has cheerleaders in his kitchen telling him how he ROCKS! and the lady who goes to the mall and parks her car waaaay out so she has to walk farther gets cheered on by loads of people saying "good job! Yeah! way to walk it!!!" and so on.

I keep forgetting to cheer myself on when I choose well. It would do me lots of good envisioning crowds of people yelling and being so proud of ME!

I'm going back to that site again...I need some more of that!!!

[DevilMayKare 1]

I keep forgetting to cheer myself on when I choose well. It would do me lots of good envisioning crowds of people yelling and being so proud of ME!

I'm going back to that site again...I need some more of that!!!

Glad ya'll liked it!

Best Me you reminded me of an experience I had a decade or so ago. During one of my "lose weight get super-fit" phases I determined to run a 10K. I'd never run a mile in my life before but within 6 mos I worked up to 5 miles a night. I was building up for an event they hold every Spring on Catalina Island.

It's a big Marathon Run with a 10K for those not up to the Marathon. Well, I did that 10K (up and down some pretty monster hills!) and let me tell you I was shocked and delighted to find that The WHOLE TOWN of Avalon comes out and lines the city streets and corners and for almost the whole 10K people are high fiving and cheering you on.

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It was one of the most JOYFULL experiences of my life! I'd really never experienced anything like that & it made me understand races and sports competition in a way I never had before.

Anyway, it's a good memory. Thought I'd share.

[vinesqueen 2]

Thanks Kare Bear!

And the best part? It's all true!

[jqpublic 1]

Thats Great!!!!!

[puddin 7]

I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and gosh darnit, people like me!