A Place to Stand

You can have a pet zebra and put that zebra into a small cage every day and tell the zebra that you love it, but no matter how you and the zebra love each other, the fact remains, that the zebra should be let out of that cage and should belong to someone who can treat it better, the way it should be treated, someone who can make it happy.

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—	C. JoyBell C.

One might be aesthetically beautiful, but what good are you if you contribute nothing positive to this world? We need to stop “seeing” people for physical appearances, and instead see a persons beauty by how they treat others and by what they contribute to others well being. We all have inner beauty, we just need to harvest it, stay away from negativity, learn to love ourselves, and ultimately love others.

One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.

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—	Michael J. Fox

No matter what they take from me, they cant take away my dignity.

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—	Whitney Houston

I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone’s shadow. If I fail, if I succeed, at least I live as I believe. No matter what they take from me, they cant take away my dignity. Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.

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—	Whitney Houston

I really must say this…

Joyce Meyer is my hero. Countless times she has helped me keep things in perspective, she has even, in many ways, saved my life. Joyce has had made such a positive impact on my life, and I can truly say that I will carry her teachings with me forever.

I am not religious. However, I am completely devoted to God. Joyce doesn’t miss the point when it comes to talking about bettering the self and developing a closer connection with God. When it comes to religious people, there are some that miss the point (i.e, breed hate or chaos because the bible supposedly infers that it is okay to judge others). But Joyce, after really watching her over time, I can tell gets the point.

She knows that to love God means to love all people. She knows that instead of judging people and making them feel bad about their imperfections, we should should love others regardless, not judge them.

Joyce has helped me in countless ways, and the best way for me to thank her and to thank God for bringing her message into my life, is to be the best me I could possibly be. It is to realize that I am blessed, and to bless others.

Never allow someone else to define you based on how they perceive you.

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—	Dr. Phil

The bottom line for beating your insecurities is this: Everyone has them and the key to success is to identify them, invalidate them and move past them. Focus on your accomplishments and recognize that insecurities are usually irrational fears of inadequacy.

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We dishonor ourselves just to please other people. We are not aware that the problem is that we don’t accept ourselves. We reject ourselves because we are not what we pretend to be.

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—	The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Lately I have seen a lot of girls starving themselves to look like women in magazines. The reality is, there are plenty of people (like myself) who actually think curves are very beautiful. But there are lots of women who think they need to starve themselves to BE beautiful, when in actuality they already are. True beauty should be embraced from the inside. When we learn to work on our inner selves, we learn to love ourselves. And when we love ourselves, we wont go to such great extents to seek approval from others.

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Joyce Meyer - Loving Life and Loving Yourself!

Loving Life and Loving Yourself by Joyce Meyer

I’m not religious, but she does make some very good points regarding self-esteem, loving life, and loving yourself.

If you cant get along with and love yourself, you’re not going to be able to get along with or love anybody else.

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—	Joyce Meyer

Keep it Classy, Ladies.

I notice that there are a lot of women who seek the wrong kind of attention from men/women. I only speak from my own experience, and when I was younger I did the same thing. I wore very revealing clothing, and feel that at the time it was because I wanted attention, any attention.

Yes, I did it. Does that make it right? No. Did I respect myself? No. And if you aren’t respecting your body, how can you expect others to respect it? If you are walking around with your ass hanging out of your skirt, do you really think that you are going to attract the kind of man/woman that will give you the genuine, loving attention you deserve?

I am a strong believer in the fact that we treat people how to treat us. And if we don’t respect ourselves, people wont respect us. There are some evil fuckers in this world, and plenty who would be willing to take advantage of the fact.

So please, ladies, keep it classy. Stay modest. It breaks my heart to see you degrade yourselves to that level as I once did, and you don’t have to make the same mistake.