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Affirming Your Value
You are worthy of love
Note: I wrote this essay several months ago. I believe this message is timeless. That’s why I’m sharing it now.
Believing that you are valuable in this world is more than just some kind of nice gesture. It is the acknowledgment of the part you play in this amazing life. We have some say about how our life is going to go. I see it as a partnership of sorts. We cannot control all of what happens to us in life, but we do play a part in it.
When we value ourselves, we are doing our part to participate in the positive flow of life. We are saying that we want to make a positive difference while we are alive.
My uncle Nick died recently. His passing got me thinking about how a person can have a positive impact in the world. Nick was an amazing human being. He was a servant of other people and was a gentle soul. He was always looking for ways to be kind to others. He will be missed by a lot of people.
As you go throughout your day, you encounter many people. I imagine that we come into direct contact with thousands of people every day. Some of those relationships are with those we live with and see every day. Some of these people we see at work. And, some relationships last only ten seconds. Those are the people we hold the door for, we see at the store checkout, on the highway or the gas…
