In Reply to: I concur posted by porceleindoll on February 10, 2005 at 07:14:53:
I think that's one of the main ingredients, being good to yourself. I guess when I talk about the personal development, I need to mention that the changing, or the evolving as I heard a life coach put it, isn't anything like "presto bang now I'm this great person". I'm still a pain in the ass to the people around and to myself, any improvements are little by little one day at a time. I think being able to look at myself in the mirror and to say "I love you" or "I like you" is vital, sometimes I can do that, but sometimes all I can manage is "Well you're really screwing up but I'm gonna keep trying to like you anyway." I think the personal development seminars I've been to, and the programs I try to follow in order to be better maybe haven't changed me all that much, except in the fact that I able to feel a whole lot better about myself. The French say, "Se sentir bien dans sa peau", meaning "to feel good inside one's own skin". I'm able to do that a lot more succesfully.
I'm still looking for the real me, I like the word "journey" to describe that.