{"id":1532,"date":"2012-10-19T00:28:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T06:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2012-10-25T08:57:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T14:57:05","slug":"how-you-feel-about-yourself-is-what-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/how-you-feel-about-yourself-is-what-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"How You Feel About Yourself is what Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

For UEA I am spending time with my daughter and four of her friends.\u00a0 If you were counting that is five teenage girls I am with\u2026five.\u00a0 It is amazing how much energy five teenage girls can have, especially when an ipod is playing dance music.\u00a0 Oh, to be young and have endless energy again!<\/p>\n

As I have spent the day with these girls today I realize how many things I want all of them to know in their lives.\u00a0 Especially at their age.\u00a0 I want them to understand things now that took me years to figure out in my own life.\u00a0 I want to help them avoid lacking self-confidence by reminding them that in order to feel good about themselves they simply need to stop focusing on what anyone else thinks and start focusing on what they think about the way they are living their own life.\u00a0 Deep down we all know if we feel good about our own actions and behavior.\u00a0 For those of us who believe in God or a higher power, we simply need to focus our efforts on being the person that He would want us to be.<\/p>\n

Some other things I want to teach them are:<\/p>\n

You are amazing and unique and beautiful (or handsome as the case may be). There is no one else in the world that is exactly like you.\u00a0 You have your own special gifts and talents that make you special and meaningful in this world.\u00a0 Maybe you haven\u2019t figured all of those out yet, but don\u2019t worry, you will.\u00a0 As long as you keep doing your best to move forward each day, you will see opportunities open up around you to develop and learn new skills and as you do you will notice the ones where you have a natural ability to take them and run with those new talents.\u00a0 Appreciate them when you find them.\u00a0 They are gifts from God and the more you can appreciate and develop them the more He will offer you more.<\/p>\n

Remember that nobody is perfect.\u00a0 We are all learning and growing every day.\u00a0 We all make mistakes and we all stumble and fall once in a while, but that is part of learning and improving.\u00a0 When you mess up just be sure to get back up as quickly as you can and resolve not to make that same mistake twice.<\/p>\n

I realize that there are going to be those who knock you down or hurt you.\u00a0 They may judge you for every bump you have along your way.\u00a0 Ignore them.\u00a0 Their opinion does not define you, nor does their opinion mean anything toward swaying God\u2019s judgment of you.\u00a0 That is between you and Him and other people\u2019s opinions will bear no weight at all, so stop worrying about those.<\/p>\n

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Be the superhero that you are meant to be.\u00a0 Every person has an inner superhero.\u00a0 I truly believe that with all my heart.\u00a0 So channel your inner superhero and start being everything that you are capable of being \u2013 the world is waiting for you!<\/p>\n

~Amy<\/p>\n

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