Interesting topic Ideal,
I myself am happy in the skin I'm in. I may not be in the best financial, physical, or emotional state I could be in; yet, I celebrate the fact that I am gloriously me. I feel blessed that I have another day to continue to strive to meet my personal goals and to improve upon the weaknesses within.
I think that alot of folk aren't happy with themselves as they are and this inner unhappiness kind of oozes onto other people and every aspect of their life. Those kind of folk I run from. They have a way of draining you with all of their negative emotions.
Realistically, we all know that life can be very challenging; yet, it's within our power to accept those challenges in a positive manner! Laugh at your blunders. I really don't take 'me' seriously. As a matter of fact, I have a running mental commentary about how utterly silly/stupid I can be. I believe that because I don't take myself sooo seriously, I'm able to embrace life in all of it's strangeness.
BTW, I've changed my username from 'jazbri' (a combination of my kids name) to sistarisin which really epitomizes my daily progress.
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Keep no secrets of thyself from thyself. -Greek Proverb
[This message has been edited by sistarisin (edited July 26, 2001).]