I will tell this to myself every day for the rest of my life. A realization hit me in the last 24 hours, and I am sick and tired of feeling like shit. This is my mantra. I hope to be back very soon.

I am an incredible person. People love to be around me because I am ebullient, witty, and intelligent. I radiate beauty and sincerity, and people admire that. There is no value in fearing the power of my personality. The effect I have on people is remarkably positive, and I will never be ashamed of that. The person I have always been is the person I will continue to be, regardless of my surroundings, my appearance, or the judgments of others. I deserve everything I receive, and am responsible for everything I release. I have fantastic aspirations for my future, and enormous enthusiasm for the lives of the people I will touch with those aspirations. I have tremendous faith in my continued success in life and an equal fervor for the betterment of myself as a human being. I believe in life and love and taking pleasure in the rapture of nature's inherent splendor.

                                                                ------- Rachel Lisa Howard