In a recent blog I wrote about\u00a0how we need to stop being so hard on ourselves and how we need to like ourselves if we ever want to succeed in life.\u00a0 On that same note I wanted to share the words of a darling children\u2019s book that is written by Karen Beaumont called \u201cI Like Myself\u201d. I would suggest everyone get a copy of her book and read it to yourself out loud\u2026and read it A LOT!\u00a0 And while you are at it..read it to your children as well!\u00a0 Heck\u2026have the whole dang family read it out loud to themselves\u2026A LOT\u2026.because the words from her book are the perfect reminder to LIKE YOURSELF!<\/p>\n
I Like Myself<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0(by Karen Beaumont)<\/p>\n I like myself! I’m glad I’m me. ~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a recent blog I wrote about\u00a0how we need to stop being so hard on ourselves and how we need to like ourselves if we ever want to succeed in life.\u00a0 On that same note I wanted to share the words of a darling children\u2019s book that is written by Karen Beaumont called \u201cI Like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[446,898,395,501,500,46,60,540,903,63,1982,240,224,163,1494,3047,244,55,180,10296,10290,6306,6422,629,10295,464,513,5247,10289,3345,35,10292,10291,53,1648,1587,349,153,3477,514,496,27,519,112,2239,2213,81,416,10293,725,149,516,2347,736,10294,737],"class_list":["post-6995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-accept","tag-acceptance","tag-amy-rees-anderson","tag-appreciate","tag-appreciation","tag-attitude","tag-beautiful","tag-beauty","tag-belief","tag-blessings","tag-book","tag-children","tag-confidence","tag-courage","tag-esteem","tag-fat","tag-grateful","tag-happiness","tag-happy","tag-head-to-toe","tag-i-like-myself","tag-image","tag-inside","tag-inspiration","tag-im-me","tag-joy","tag-knowledge","tag-like","tag-like-yourself","tag-looks","tag-love","tag-love-of-self","tag-me","tag-motivation","tag-outlook","tag-outside","tag-peace","tag-positive","tag-self","tag-self-image","tag-self-worth","tag-self-confidence","tag-self-esteem","tag-self-improvement","tag-skinny","tag-smart","tag-smile","tag-spouse","tag-stare","tag-stupid","tag-success","tag-thoughts","tag-ugly","tag-unique","tag-wart","tag-you"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6995"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7004,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6995\/revisions\/7004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThere’s no one else I’d rather be.
\nI like my eyes, my ears, my nose.
\nI like my fingers and my toes.
\nI like me wild. I like me tame.
\nI like me different and the same.
\nI like me fast. I like me slow.
\nI like me everywhere I go.
\nI like me on the inside, too,
\nfor all I think and say and do.
\nInside, outside, upside down,
\nfrom head to toe and all around,
\nI like it all! It all is me!
\nAnd me is all I want to be.
\nAnd I don’t care in any way
\nwhat someone else my think or say.
\nI may be called a silly nut
\nor crazy cuckoo bird-so what?
\nI’m having too much fun, you see,
\nfor anything to bother me!
\nEven when I look a mess,
\nI still don’t like me any less,
\n’cause nothing in this world, you know,
\ncan change what’s deep inside, and so….
\nNo matter if they stop and stare,
\nno person
\never
\nanywhere
\ncan make me feel that what they see
\nis all there really is to me.
\nI’d still like me with fleas or warts,
\nor with a silly snout that snorts,
\nor knobby knees or hippos hips
\nor purple polka-dotted lips,
\nor beaver breath or stinky toes
\nor horns protruding from my nose,
\nor–yikes–with spikes all down my spine,
\nor hair that’s like a porcupine.
\nI still would be the same, you see…
\nI like myself because I’m ME!<\/p>\n