I am building a healthy support system and learning to use it readily.

I look upon the gift of my life as a wondrous journey.

I am empowered by self-knowledge, by ownership of my experiences, and by all aspects of myself.

I sometimes continue to see myself in split ways; it causes me trouble and contributes to a lack of satisfaction with myself.

In order to survive our youth, many of us became sensitized to which conditions we had to play to, to receive attention. No wonder we mistook this attention for love. We thought love came in finite quantities—it had to be competed for among siblings, or it had to be paid for with exacting dues.

Fearing the unknown within myself has kept me crouching in a corner. I look to see who I am and discover much that is worthy.