[doggiedo]

A friend of mine found this online and shared it with me....enjoy.



There was a time when you were five years old,
and you woke up full of awesome.

You knew you were awesome.

You loved yourself.

You thought you were beautiful,
even with missing teeth and messy hair and mismatched socks inside your grubby sneakers.

You loved your body, and the things it could do.

You thought you were strong.

You knew you were smart.

Do you still have it?
The awesome.

Did someone take it from you?
Did you let them?
Did you hand it over, because someone told you weren’t beautiful enough, thin enough, smart enough, good enough?
Why the hell would you listen to them?
Did you consider they might be full of ****?

Wouldn’t that be nuts, to tell my little girl below that in another five or ten years she might hate herself because she doesn’t look like a starving and Photoshopped fashion model?
Or even more bizarre, that she should be sexy over smart, beautiful over bold?
Are you freaking kidding me?

Look at her. She is full of awesome.

You were, once. Maybe you still are. Maybe you are in the process of getting it back.

All I know is that if you aren’t waking up feeling like this about yourself, you are really missing out.

[Suki22]

I was full of awesome fifty pounds ago. I felt great. I need to get that back. thanks for sharing this!

[avoice]

I don't know about you but everyday I wake up. I think i'm awesome

When I was 5, I was still skinny, maybe too skinny, after that age, it all went downhill for me. I can't remember what its like too feel anywhere near awesome, I wish I could though, it seems like a good thing. Something to strive for.

Thanks for this doggiedo. I actually did try to think back to a time when I woke up feeling awesome. It was a very long time ago, but I remember the feeling. If I can remember the feeling maybe it isn't so far away. Thank you.

[Sabrina]

Hmmm, don't ever recall feeling awesome but I enjoyed your post. Need to work on feeling awesome but it is gone to take many pounds!

[needfixing]

it's so sad, cuz my hell began when i was 5!
the name calling, the physcial abuse, the emotional abuse, the mental abuse, it all started at such a young age :'(
but my redemption comes along in my children. not a day goes by that i don't tell they are smart and beautiful.

[Woundedheart1]

Thanks for the post but I don't ever recall ever feeling awesome! The teasing, verbal abuse, put downs and harassment began long ago and stripped me of self esteem and wanting to appreciate myself I don't know how to feel awesome. All I know know is self criticism to back up all the negative feedback I was given.