Encountering Yourself

"When you devalue yourself, you become overly absorbed in and with yourself, and don't have anything left over to give others."
(Encounters, Australian Evangel, April 1986)
I found that clip in an old book and it gave me pause for thought: How often in a day do you think negatively about yourself? When I asked myself that, I was surprised with the answer!!
My little friend (sort-of niece) Gill has very positive ways of dealing with life. She has been working on a 'Happiness Project' in which she spends a whole month thinking about an aspect of her life - such as gratefulness - then she focuses on cultivating this in a variety of ways. Another is money, not just her attitude to it, but going through her finances and reorganising. The last one she spoke of dealing with was confidence. What a great idea! It is the opposite of self-absorbed navel-gazing, because the focus is outwards, not inwards. Way to go, Gillie!

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