Confidence is Key!

So I never give myself enough credit. I am always way too critical and harsh on myself. I know that I need to work on me and my self-esteem before I can help others, and I also feel like when I help others I help myself. But I definitely have to work on this confidence thing. So here is my attempt in doing so. These are some things that I am good at and should be proud of myself for!

- I am a daughter of god who loves me
- I am married to a wonderful man who thinks I am BEAUTIFUL!
- I made it into a competitive studio and my work is great!
- I am a pretty good cook when I get around to doing it.
- I am a hard worker and very determined
- I have motherly instincts coming out of my ears and I think I will be a great mother one day.
- Kids happen to like me
- I am friendly
- I am personable
- I have quirks that make me different and interesting
- I think I have pretty good hair.
- I have good fashion sense when I get all gussied up
- I have amazing taste in shoes....and way too many of them
- I think I'm pretty funny
- My home is decorated pretty cute, some I'll take credit for, but mostly things people have kindly given us.
- I am good with words, especially on paper. I love to write and I think I'm good at expressing my feelings when I do.
- I'm brazilian and take pride in my heritage and language ( I speak three languages, not too shabby)
- I have pretty brown eyes....they are very dark, but I like them.
- I am pretty good at cleaning, when I want to.
- I think I have good spiritual intuitiveness (or however you would say that)
- I love others
- I am interested in others well-beings and can usually help by giving good advice
- I am smart. Not to brag but I have gotten a couple of 4.0's in my day.
- I am money smart too, I hate owing people money, and I try to never spend more than I have.
- I am good at my calling.
- I try hard to be the best wife I can be.
- I am supportive of my family and can always lend a good ear for venting.
- I have great friends and consider myself very blessed.
- I have a beautiful home and puppy that I take care of.
- I am a good person....who needs to just realize it and stop being so hard on herself.

I apologize if this post sounds self-centered and obnoxious. But sometimes you need to appreciate the good things you do, because positive thinking brings forth positive efforts, and negative thinking does nothing but bring you down. So I guess when I am feeling down on myself and like I am not worthy of all the blessings I have, then I just have to take a minute, look in the mirror and realize I am beautiful inside and out! Heavenly Father created me this way, and he created me this way for a reason, to shine and to live my life to the fullest, loving me and everything that comes with it.

so take a minute and love yourself too...