Insider knowledge

I see offers to change me a million times a day.  Worse, I see offers to change everyone a million times a day!  How awful it must be to be a child in today's world and hear that who you are is not okay.

Everything from the kind of hair I was born with, to the way my skin looks, to which music, games, movies and programs I watch are constantly under the scrutiny of people who want to make me better, smarter, more sophisticated.  If I believe all this then it is obvious that I am not okay the way I was born.

If you want to sell me something, or have some kind of power over me, it might be in your best interests to convince me I am lacking.   For me?  Not so much.

Each one of us has something, or maybe lots of somethings, we feel is lacking in our basic makeup.  The most beautiful, smartest people in the world often feel the same way. 

It's not what I was given to work with that makes me okay.  It's what I am able to do with it, how I am able to circumvent the problems it causes, where I find ways to turn it into something useful and good, that counts.

No one knows me better than me.  I don't have to broadcast my shortcomings, or perceived shortcomings.  I just have to find a way of living with them that satisfies me.  The more creative I am, the better off I will be.

Self confidence and self love turn losers into champions.