Are you feeling good about yourself?

I am. This is one of those rare moments when I feel like I have the right powers to get some of the things I want. I’m going to enjoy it, because it will be gone soon. That’s how it is with powers.

I do fidget over small things in my life. I am VERY sensitive. Am I happy with myself? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Yes, I should change some things about myself. Yes, life is worth living. I am reasonably healthy and active but I have a few health issues. Yes, I regret things about my past, but I don’t dwell on them. I am satisfied with some things I have. I am gifted at art and reasonably intelligent. I am okay financially.

Yes, I don’t feel lonely when I am alone. Not one bit.

Do I take things positively as they come along. I am a lot better than I used to be. Yes, I have concerns.

I’m feeling good about myself right now, yes. I still struggle with depression and it definitely feels like a rare moment. Right now I am helping my students with their final essays, so that makes me feel positive.

Something I’ve really been struggling with is being by myself and not feeling alone. I am in a very solitary profession, but this is my first year being intentionally single. I am trying to learn how to cultivate an interior intimacy, after having been used to having deep intimate relationships with other people.

Today I am, I intend to change how I feel about myself, if it takes another lifetime.

I wish I was as kind to me, as I am to most people.

Thanks for a great question.

@Shippy: I feel ya. People are always telling me I am a kind person, but I am not very kind with myself. :-/ It’s a constant process.

That’s not a question. it’s eleven questions. What do you really want to know?

@gailcalled I don’t think he’s going to change. You’ve asked him a hundred times already. I presume you’ve tried to get the questions moderated, too. You’re wasting your time. Trust the process. He’ll start conforming over time, when he discovers he can ask plenty of questions.

@wundayatta: My tendentiousness (or do I mean sententiousness) doesn’t trump his?

@gailcalled Well, perhaps your tendentiousness does, but it’s not working. I believe he will change over time as he learns what it is like to be here. That’s what I mean by trusting the process. Sometimes aculturation works much better than nagging… ahem… tendentiousness. ;-)

@wundayatta: So, you are advocating subtly? And what you mean (I love to tell people what they mean) is that it is not working yet.

@gailcalled I know, I know. Far be it from me to advocate subtlety. But yes, you know what I mean.

Yes, thanks. You?

Yes I like myself a whole lot.

Sure. If I were not me, I think I’d hang out with me.

Today I am. Vous?

I’m not. I fucked up with some paperwork at school. I hope it won’t be too serious. Ugh, I hate bureaucracy.

Yes, except for the hangover.

I’m amazing.

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Yes, most of the time I am fine, but once in awhile I am not happy with my reactions to some thing. I had an argument with my adult grandson yesterday about his lack of support with the house/yard work. I hate getting angry and confrontational.

I got over it easily.