I am no longer attracted to people who would have me believe they know what’s best for me. ~ For Today (Kindle Location 253).

“Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
Guess I’ll go eat worms.”
Why is this a children’s song?
Are we TRYING to build low self-esteem?
It seems I’ve sought out folks who tell me
just how I can best live my life.
I accept negative opinions of my worth,
adopt them as my own, and make every effort
to convert them to self-fulfilled prophesies.
But they’re lies. They are fabrications
I internalized as readily as I did thousands of calories.
I have no beed, no desire now,
to binge on sweets and junk food
any more than to eat worms.
I am worthy, I have value
and I choose to welcome these truths.
to internalize them and to be abstinent
from negativity, from low self-esteem,
and from worms!