I appreciate...

I appreciate my creativity and resourcefulness
they have kept me in the game and made me proud
even when it felt like I was David and the world was Goliath.

I appreciate my delicious sense of wonder and childlike innocence
and the fact that I still love teddy bears and puppy dogs and pizza.

I appreciate that I am an uplifter and an inspiration to others
and there are people on the planet still alive today
because of something I said.

I appreciate that I am uniquely human and magnificently divine
and some days I can't even tell the difference.

I appreciate all of my set backs, even failures along the way
I learned from them and see them all as blessings in disguise.

I appreciate that at times when I was sad and lonely in this world,
I thought I would die of grief, but I didn't.

I appreciate that I feel very deeply and by allowing myself
to move through the greatest pain I was then able to
experience the deepest joy right on the other side.

I appreciate that I didn't always get what I asked for
but I always got what I really needed.

I appreciate my incredible sense of humour and my natural ability
to laugh easily and heartily with others or even all alone.

I appreciate that I am a writer and a damn good one and that it
has taken me a lifetime to be able to say that and really mean it.

I appreciate my very strong will and those people in my
life who told me that something just couldn't be done.
They made me determined enough to prove them wrong.

I appreciate my sensitivity
there were times when I cursed it
and times when I blessed it
and times when I gave it away.

I appreciate my sense of style and love of beautiful things
and my ability to take the ordinary and make it extraordinary.

I appreciate my ability to recognize the Angels in my life

I appreciate that I am amazing and brilliant and awesome
and remarkable and humble enough to know that so are you.

I appreciate me, with all my faults and foibles
there has never been, nor will there ever be, anyone quite like me
and that is reason enough to truly love who I am and I finally do.