You IS Kind.You IS Smart.You IS Important.
For those of you who may have not seen and/or read “the Help”, my title is a line from the book/movie. Out of many of the funny, tear-jerking, thought inducing, and memorable parts of the book and movie (I’ve read the book and seen the movie twice), these words stick with me.
Aibileen tried her best, each day, to tell “baby girl” that she embodied all of these adjectives to ensure that she would grow up with these statements embedded into every fiber of her being. Who knows how “baby girl” turned out? If the book had gone on, perhaps she would have become a confident, self-sufficient woman that would have been the opposite of her mother…who was painfully self-conscious and dependent. Who knows though…everyone has a story. If you haven’t seen the movie, check it out…I thought it was good, not as good as the book, but two and a half hours on the big screen did the book well; very well.
But back the Subject at hand. You IS Kind.You IS Smart.You IS Important.
Those are a few statements that so many of us reject within ourselves or at least fail to recognize. Yet they are so honest to the things that are central and so very important in our everyday living. SO what that you aren’t perfect! WHO is? Show me that person, and I will see a person who is probably not so honest with you.
These statements are near and dear to my heart. Being the naughty girl that I am ;), I often beat myself up for this reason or that…and often I fail to realize that I AM a good person, who cares about people and would often give you my right arm knowing that it’ll hurt and that I may end up needing an uncomfortable prosthesis. That is who I have been all my life, and who I will always be. Sometimes though, I fail to say to myself, that I AM kind, smart and important.
That’s why I love when divine appointments show up (unexpectedly) at my door, and remind me of those things.
Be good to yourself peeps. Because you are KIND, SMART and IMPORTANT.
I’m working on assuring that I always have that sticky note attached to my appointment book.
Thanks for stopping by,
Keisha
Aibileen tried her best, each day, to tell “baby girl” that she embodied all of these adjectives to ensure that she would grow up with these statements embedded into every fiber of her being. Who knows how “baby girl” turned out? If the book had gone on, perhaps she would have become a confident, self-sufficient woman that would have been the opposite of her mother…who was painfully self-conscious and dependent. Who knows though…everyone has a story. If you haven’t seen the movie, check it out…I thought it was good, not as good as the book, but two and a half hours on the big screen did the book well; very well.
But back the Subject at hand. You IS Kind.You IS Smart.You IS Important.
Those are a few statements that so many of us reject within ourselves or at least fail to recognize. Yet they are so honest to the things that are central and so very important in our everyday living. SO what that you aren’t perfect! WHO is? Show me that person, and I will see a person who is probably not so honest with you.
These statements are near and dear to my heart. Being the naughty girl that I am ;), I often beat myself up for this reason or that…and often I fail to realize that I AM a good person, who cares about people and would often give you my right arm knowing that it’ll hurt and that I may end up needing an uncomfortable prosthesis. That is who I have been all my life, and who I will always be. Sometimes though, I fail to say to myself, that I AM kind, smart and important.
That’s why I love when divine appointments show up (unexpectedly) at my door, and remind me of those things.
Be good to yourself peeps. Because you are KIND, SMART and IMPORTANT.
I’m working on assuring that I always have that sticky note attached to my appointment book.
Thanks for stopping by,
Keisha
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