OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD OUR OWN SELF

ATTAINING A POSITIVE SELF IMAGE IS NOT EASY, FOR SOCIETY DOES NOT TEND TO PAT US ON THE BACK. TRAGICALLY, OUR OWN FAMILY ALSO FAILS AS WELL. FAULTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED. MISTAKES AND SINS ARE UNDERLINED! CRITICISM AND CONDEMNATION IMMEDIATELY AND INSTINCTIVELY COME TO THE FORE, WHILE HONEST COMPLIMENTS GET SHORT SHRIFT. EVEN EDUCATION HAS FAILED TO DO THE JOB. RELIGION, TOO IS NOT WITHOUT ITS FAULTS ON THIS SCORE. ONLY GOD KNOWS HOW MANY PERSONS HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED FROM CHILDHOOD UPWARD TO BELIEVE ABOUT THEIR OWN TALENTS AND ABILITIES. WE, ALSO ALL THE WHILE, TEND TO BE OUR OWN WORST ENEMIES. WE ARE RETIENT TO ACCEPT COMPLIMENTS. PRAISE TENDS TO EMBARASS US. ACCOLADES ARE APPRECIATED, BUT WE REALLY DONT KNOW HOW TO ACCEPT THEM. SO WE RESIST THE PROGRAMMING THAT WOULD NORMALLY STRENGHTHEN OUR HEALTHY POSITIVE PRIDE. AT THE SAME TIME WE ALSO HAVE A NATURAL, NORMAL INCLINATION TO EXAGGERATE OUR SHORTCOMINGS AS WELL. WITHIN OUR SUBCONSCIOUS, WHICH IS WELL DESCRIBED AS A SUPER COMPUTER, A VAST COLLECTION OF NEGATIVE PROGRAMMING STUNTS OUR BUDDING SELF CONFIDENCE. SO MASSIVE REPROGRAMMING NEED TO TAKE PLACE? WE HAVE NO TROUBLE BELIEVING WE'RE SINNERS. THAT'S EASY. THE MOST DIFFICULT TASK IS TO HELP OURSELVES BELIEVE HOW BEAUTIFUL WE CAN BECOME IF WE WILL ALLOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST TO FILL OUR LIVES! CONSTANT POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT IS AN UNENDING NEED. WE NEED TO TELL OURSELVES DAILY. "I AM GOD'S IDEA - SO I MUST BE OKAY." REMEMBER - ONLY THOSE PERSONS WHO INTUITIVELY EMBRACE A POSITVIE SELF IMAGE AND ASSUME THEY "CAN" ARE POSITIVE THINKERS:
WE CAN LOOK AT OUR LIMITATIONS AND BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN BE CORRECTED OR SUPPLEMENTED.
WE CAN LOOK AT OUR FAULTS AND SHORTCOMINGS AND BELIEVE THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OURSELF.
WE CAN LOOK AT OUR INADEQUATE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING AND BELIEVE THAT WE CAN AQUIRE NEW SKILLS.
WE CAN LOOK AT OUR FEARS AND BUILD PILLARS OF COURAGEOUS FAITH INTO OUR LIFE.
WE CAN SAY, "GOD PLUS ME EQUALS A MAJORITY."

AFFIRM MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

I AM IN THE PROCESS OF CREATIVE CHANGE.
I AM BECOMING BETTER EVERY DAY IN EVERY WAY.
I AM FIRMLY ON THE SUCCESS BEAM.
MY OWN IS COMING TO ME NOW.
FOR ALL THESE, GOD IS GUIDING AND HELPING ME DAILY.