Today's post is the famous quote by Jo Coudert, found at thinkexist.com quotes. It is all you really need for this day to be a good day:
"SELF"
The single relationship truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self. It is rewarding to find someone whom you like, but it is essential to like yourself. It is essential quickening to recognize that someone is a good and decent human being, but it is indispensable to view yourself as acceptable. It is a delight to discover people who are worthy of respect and admiration and love, but it is vital to believe yourself deserving of these things. For you cannot live in someone else. You cannot be given a life by someone else. Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave or lose. To the question of your life, you are the only answer. To the problem of your life, you are the only solution.
My topical post today at South by Southwest and The Reaction is about politics.
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this is excellent. i really wish more people believed it. 50% divorce rate; battered spouses and children; drug and alcohol abuse- not liking yourself or feeling worthy is a big part of that. you can't be a part of a team if you aren't sound. good stuff.
betmo, this was one of my "staple" handouts to counseling clients, when I was still in practice. I found it when I was cleaning out my file drawers -- finally after having retired in 2002. Better late than never I guess.
I will post othrs of my favorite short handouts along the way.
Thanks for stopping by, my friend.
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