~~LOVE YOURSELF FIRST~~ ~~~~~~ WE ARE OFTEN DISCONTENTED AND MUCH DISSATISFIED THAT OUR WISH FOR RECOGNITION HAS NOT BEEN GRATIFIED..... WE FEEL THAT WE'VE BEEN CHEATED IN BEAUTY, CHARM AND BRAINS AND WE THINK OF ALL OUR "LOSSES" AND FORGET ALL ABOUT OUR "GAINS"..... AND DWELLING ON THE THINGS WE LACK, WE GROW MISERABLE INSIDE, BROODING ON OUR "DEFICITS" THAT ARE BORN OF SELFISH PRIDE... WE BEGIN TO HARBOR HATRED AND ENVY FILLS OUR HEART THAT WE DO NOT POSSESS THE THINGS THAT MAKE OTHERS "SEEM SO SMART" AND IN OUR CONDEMNATION OF THE TRAITS THAT WE POSSESS WE MAGNIFY OUR PAINFUL PLIGHT AND SINK DEEPER IN DISTRESS.... OH, LORD, FORGIVE OUR FOOLISHNESS, OUR VANITY AND PRIDE AS WE STRIVE TO PLEASE THE EYE OF MAN AND NOT "GOD" WHO SEES "INSIDE"..... AND LITTLE DO WE REALIZE HOW CONTENTED WE WOULD BE IF WE KNEW THAT WE WERE "BEAUTIFUL" WHEN OUR HEARTS ARE TOUCHED BY "THEE"! ~Author Unknown~ ....jene.... |