30 Days of Truth / Day 2

Day 2 - Something that you love about yourself.

I love that I was born with an outgoing personality. I can walk into a room with 100 people I don't know and be able to strike up a conversation with anyone.

When I was in high school I was drawn to people giving speeches- on television and in public. I thought to myself that giving speeches would be an interesting career move. I even dreamed of working at the White House. That dream was pretty crazy, right??? I mean I had dawdled in the written word with poetry and short stories, but never had I tried to give a speech. That was until my senior year in high school.

I was involved in a group at my high school. I learned the skills necessary to write a proper speech and how to give it to an audience. To capture them and have them eager to listen and perhaps learn from what I spoke. I won an award. 3rd place in a state-wide competition. My speech was on the importance of following through on education and pursuing a college degree. For going to college was following the ladder to succeed in your future.

I am one of those backwards people. Know why? I graduated high school in June of 1990. I got engaged and pregnant December of 1990. I got married September of 1991 and became a Mother in September of 1991, too! I had completed a business course at a technical college for which I had earned a Diploma. I had completed a few college classes as well. But no college degree for me.

I kept active- raising first my son and now raising up my daughter. We had hoped our son would go the route of College and he has not. He is 19 and there is still hope he will figure out what he wants to do with his life. You see we spoiled the crap out of him and now must shake him into the realization that life is not handed to you. You have to work for what you want. If he never goes to College, I fear that he will have to work quite hard at manual labor to make his way in life. I hope that does not happen.

My daughter is 13 going on 14. What an amazing age. I am watching my daughter grow into a young woman. Independent and head strong she is. She is a beautiful blend of skills between her father and myself. She loves to Read- like ME and excels at Math- like her Dad.

Here I went and rambled on.

Back to the subject at hand- something I love about myself.

I love my outgoing personality. I have my bad days- this past year has been FILLED with them. I try not to let them get me totally down. I know I have depression issues and I refuse to fall into taking medication to "help". I just keep surrounding myself with friends and family- in real life as well as online- to stay positive. I just keep telling myself that I can walk, I can talk and I can take care of myself. I have post-surgical issues that may be permanent and painful- but I could be much, much worse.

My outgoing personality and openness with others is what will keep me going. I love LIFE. I love to learn something new every day. And I do. Every day. Reading a book, reading blogs and journals online, watching documentaries and watching television. Sitting down and talking to my daughter about how her day went. Watching my kids do something simple- like sledding when I was a child.

So.......what do you love about yourself? Better yet....check out a previous post that give a 30 Day List. Copy it and tackle it yourself!!! Oh and by all means.....please let me know you've done so- that way I can check it out.

Thanks and Have a fantastic day!!