ok now don't shoot me but i want to try something diff. i want everybody to say one good thing they like about themself. It doesnt require explanation or justification, unless of course you want to share

I'll go first
One good thing i like about myself is i think i have a good sense of humour :rolleyes:

next....

O what the hell I will go next.

I like........ My caring nature for others and animals.

this is fun

Who's next.......

I like that I care about others, because I never did before.

Dave

I like it that I am a faithful friend--I never desert my friends.

Bob

I like that I've learned my limitations and this has saved me from a great deal of frustration. Peace, Andrew

I like that I'm open and honest with my friends.

Sleepy - what you like, I like and prize greatly - I like my openness and honesty with everyone I meet; and, if I might add, my positive approach to life!!

Hey guys! Let's keep what we like about ourselves rolling!

Howard

Hey all,

Great thread here. Thanks mucho Al for starting it.

What I like about my self is that I am perservant.

Okay who's next?

----Steve

OK Al,

I like that I find it easy to dwell in the realm of possibility

Ron

Ok, I like to think I am a nice guy, a complete nut, but a nice guy anyway.

I like the way I've learned to love.

Al thanks for starting this magnificent thread!

One thing I like about myself is the way I'm learning to quit being silent, to speak up.

Victor

Cool! Good idea!

I like my honesty.

Great thread

Aaron

Great thread.

I like my sense of humor.

Who's next?

I like the fact that I am still alive after thirty-eight years. When my own self-defeating behaviors said that I should quit a long time ago. When so many of my friends have succumbed to HIV or cancer...

I like the fact that I am still here able to enjoy another day with you ruffians!

Most of all... I like that I can say from my heart that I love someone and truly mean it

Thanks Al for starting this string!!!
What I like about myself is I try to search for the inner beauty that we all have within us. I look for the good in mankind not the evil. The good is what I use to try to make myself grow. I use this goodness to try to achieve my own inner peace.

I never give up. Not sure why, but I just keep going like the energizer bunny!

Don

Thanks for starting this tread Al it's great.

I like that I am able to see other people's point's of view when there is a conflict. It helps me to be less judgmental.

I like that I've survived and am now growing past being a victim!

Great thread Al.

next please...

I'm learning to like myself - I think
No you don't
Yes, I think I do
No way, you still screw-up things
No, I don't
No you don't
Yes I do

See, but I'm working on it with you all there to guide me.

I like that I'm still a good person, despite my problems.

Al great thread.

I like about myself that I am more aware of who I am and I can live with myself even if I can't run a mile or ride the roller coaster without losing my lunch.

Chuck

I like that I'm slowly becoming willing and able to look at the parts of me I don't like. When I learn about them I can decide what to do next; when I hide from them they get to decide too much.

Thanks, Al and eveyone.

Joe

I like that I am kind and understanding toward others and am learning to be that way toward myself.

Great thread!

Jeff

What I'm liking about myself these days is what I am here. I like the atmosphere that you guys create here that allows me to speak from my heart.

David

I like the fact that I have three beautiful daughters who adore me. Despite the fact that I am not worthy of their adoration, they do. I hold onto that and it has kept me from taking a leap.

Jim

I have not lost all Hope. I still have hope that others will cross the threshold from Survivor to Healed. I even Think & Feel its possible for me.

Brothers,

Do know that their is always hope for us their is always that light at the end of the tunnel. No matter how dark the tunnel seems their is always an end to it their si always light at the end.


lots of love, Nathan

I like the fact that most days I like being me.

I like the fact that I have always been open min ded and understanding of other people. I have always been willing to fright for the human rights of others. Thanks everyone your words have helped me today, Muldoon

I like the new me, the kid that I didn't have a chance to be. I like the fact that my SA does not have to dominate my life anymore, I like the friends I have met here..............

I like that I am starting to quit feeling sorry for myself, and doing something to get better.

I like it that I am able to function as well as I do despite my past.

I like it that I have to capacity to learn

I like that I am surviving despite it all.

Green

This thread is haunting me because I had to go for a long walk in order to come up with something good about myself. I know that it is stupid, but the more I accept the fact that I was abused, the less worthy I feel.

I feel awful about myself.

Green

Green
long walks are good.

I use the same route, and halfway round I stop at a look-off and admire the view over the worlds first iron bridge. Surprisingly it's a very quiet spot.
But I can see for miles, watch ant like people way below me, and chill out.
I carved my name in the fence there about 5 years back, and it somehow draws me back. It was a real shitty day when I did it, and it's good to reflect on where I am now.

I like to think as I walk, and this familiar route somehow comforts me. It's like an old friend.

Dave

Dave,

I constantly walk the streets of Manhattan which are my old friends. Virtually every block speaks to me with memories. In order to get to my T, I have to walk through beautiful Central Park. It is a nice experience.

Green

I like the fact that at this moment in time I feel I have just a small bit of courage to be who I am, not someone else that others want me to be.

I have courage to believe just a little, like poking my head from underneath the covers, that I'm ok. That I'm going to be ok. That it's ok.

That I can dream of being a cute little puppy lying in a hammock with my best friend. That's what I like right now about myself.

Jim

Some time ago I couldn't reply to a post like that, I had nothing good to say about me. The fact I have something to say today is a huge step for me. I like that I am doing something to get better, that I'm trying really hard to be able to live my life not merely pass through it.

I like the part of me that is so curious about this world that we live in. Amazed by the beauty and awsome power of the natural world.

Mark, your comment about living life and not just passing through it, rings all to true for me. I usually say that I think life is happening to me, but I am not directing it as well as I know that I can.

I can give some really good talks on how to live your life with a decent amount of serenity and sense of direction, rejoicing that we can determine who we want to be. Most days, I do not practice it though. That is when I forget that I have lots of control of things, but I choose to sit back and watch what is going to happen. For me, that is rather maddening.

Bob

This is thread I have read before, and I was not able to reply at it. So now I try. I think one good thing of me is that I am starting to learn more, and allow myself to recover some. That is what I try to do now.

Leosha

I realize this is rather older topic, but I've been discovering so much good stuff from the past here at M/S. Very excited for it.

I will add my thoughts to to this topic.

I like that I'm also a great guy, a very kind, caring, compassionate, and personable person.

I like that even though I was abused, I'm still a decent and caring guy.

I'm slowly learning to love myself.

Thank Al for this topic and for letting me share. Great topic guys.

Charlie.