My self worth comes from talking to myself making friends with the quirky, shy, struggling me and really getting to know and like her as if she were a friend. Cheering for her when she tries something and it works :-) comforting her when there's bad news or painful feelings. I stand up for her when she puts herself down, argue with the putter-downers; they're usually inexact and sloppy and it's easy, once you start looking at what they're saying, to make fun of them and run them off. "You're stupid" and comments like are so lame! What does that even mean? If you are going to insult me, insulting self part :-) at least give me examples with details! I can't be stupid, I graduated college! I can't be stupid, I'm arguing with you (the insulting self part) and you aren't bright enough to answer back so I'm certainly less stupid than you are!

I'm unique, and that's worth feeling good about; there isn't another with my sense of humor, honor, grit (okay, stubborness :-) and willingness to keep trying/get knocked down and get back up. We're polite and humble too!