As you become more aligned with the truth of who you are, the question of liking yourself goes away. It is a natural state of being.
Rachel ArchelausTags: self-esteem authenticity
I mostly want to remind her of the recipes of healing, and give her my own made-on-the spot remedy for the easing of her pain. I tell her, “Get a pen. Stop crying so you can write this down and start working on it tonight.” My remedy is long. But the last item on the list says: “When you wake up and find yourself living someplace where there is nobody you love and trust, no community, it is time to leave town – to pack up and go (you can even go tonight). And where you need to go is any place where there are arms that can hold you, that will not let you go.
bell hooksTags: writing writers self-esteem trust travel healing arms pen remedy self-recovery
If "Manners maketh man," as someone said
Then he's the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself, no matter what they say."
(Englishman in New York)
Tags: strength self-esteem identity courage
I don't entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I'm me. God knows, I'm me.
Elizabeth TaylorTags: self-esteem self-determination
Sooo, I'm tired of people thinking I'm a freak. I know you can't relate to that but -"
"Get over it already, will ya?" Candace stood. "You're not Smellody anymore. You're pretty. You can get hot guys now. Tanned ones with good vision. Not geeky hose jousters." She shut the window. "Don't you ever want to use your lips as something other than veneer protectors?"
Melody felt a familiar pinch behind her eyes. Her throat dried. Her eyes burned. And then they came. Like salty little paratroopers, tears descended en masse. She hated Candace thought she had never made out with a boy. But how could she convince a seventeen-year-old with more dates than a fruitcake that Randy the Starbucks cashier (aka Scarbucks, because of his acne scars) was a great kisser? She couldn't.
Tags: self-esteem crying dating frustration loser nicknames taunting hurt-feelings
But now that she had achieved knighthood, and thought and acted as she wanted and decided, for one has to act in this way in order to save this world, she neither noticed nor cared that all the people around her thought she was insane.
Kathy AckerTags: self-esteem ataraxy self-assuredness
The articles were extremely eye-opening. Not just in Teen Vogue but in Seventeen and CosmoGirl as well. They were all about being yourself, staying natural, loving your body as is, and going green! The messages were the exact opposite of Vik and Viv's.
Hmmmmm.
Frankie turned to face the full-length mirror that was up against the yellow wardrobe. She opened her robe and examined her body. Fit, muscular, and exquisitely proportioned, she agreed with the magazines. So what if her skin was mint? Or her limbs were attached with seams? According to the magazines, which were - no offense! - way more in touch with the times than her parents were, she was suppose to love her body just the way it was. And she did! Therefor if the normies read magazines (which obviously they did, because they were in them), then they would love her, too. Natural was in.
Besides she was Daddy's perfect little girl. And who didn't love perfect?
Tags: self-esteem confidence fashion magazines body-image frankenstein mirrors naivete
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
Marilyn MonroeTags: inspirational misattributed self-acceptance self-esteem
I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
Mae WestTags: inspirational self-esteem innuendo naughty
Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
Nathaniel BrandenTags: self-acceptance self-esteem
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