Many people seem programmed to think negatively, but we need to change that.
PUBLISHED May 13, 2018
Jane has earned three advanced degrees and had several fulfilling careers as a librarian, rehabilitation counselor and college teacher. Presently she does freelance writing. Her articles include the subjects of hearing loss and deafness, service dogs and struggling with cancer. She has been a cancer survivor since 2010.
She has myelodysplastic syndrome, which is rare, and would love to communicate with others who have MDS.
She has myelodysplastic syndrome, which is rare, and would love to communicate with others who have MDS.
One of the characteristics I notice many of us have (especially women, but I think men do, too) is that we tend to downgrade ourselves. Ask almost any woman about her body and she seldom tells you that she has beautiful curly hair or pretty skin. She will instead say that she is too fat, or her nose is too big or mention some other flaw.
Most of us don’t take compliments well, either. If we are told we have cooked a great meal, we say we overcooked the turkey. If we are complimented on an outfit our response is, “Oh this old thing? I have had it forever!”
You get my drift. For seven years, I counseled children, many who had been abused and neglected. One of the few rules I had as a counselor was that each child had to tell me five good thing about themselves, or what they had done before they left my office. To my dismay, guess how many children could do that.
Most of us don’t take compliments well, either. If we are told we have cooked a great meal, we say we overcooked the turkey. If we are complimented on an outfit our response is, “Oh this old thing? I have had it forever!”
You get my drift. For seven years, I counseled children, many who had been abused and neglected. One of the few rules I had as a counselor was that each child had to tell me five good thing about themselves, or what they had done before they left my office. To my dismay, guess how many children could do that.
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