We have 4 main core values that we follow at the YMCA....the first is Respect....just remember that if you respect yourself....others will respect you too!
"Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely! The good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different".
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There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: "THIS IS ME DAMN IT! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complete package. Take me...or leave me. Accept me...or walk away! Do not try to make feel like less of a person just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision".
When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad...you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you!
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Thought for the day...Respect
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2 comments:
These are very good rules to follow. I wish that i could say I follow them every day. Sometimes it is very difficult to not care what people think. We live in such a visual society, that the cover is much more important than the book so to say. but thank you for reminding me we need to be happy with who we are.
Amen Julie:)
Peace
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