What do you love about yourself *Positive ONLY*

holdmyhand?

My sister is doing a self esteem workshop in school (shes 10) and she got a question to answer and bring back in.

There is 1 question:

1. What do you love about yourself? (physical appearance/personality/how you treat others/your hobbies etc)


She called me up to ask me what I loved about myself. And I was stuck for words.... so I spent most of the night thinking about it........

heres my list so far.

1. Patience. its been commented on a number of times. I work with kids and special needs and often seem to be able to hold out that bit longer then everyone else.

2. Passionate. About family friends my job etc. I would do anything for the people I care about and would do anything to improve in my work.

3. Equalness. I treat everyone with respect. Even if your the most arogant son of a bitch... ya will still get a smile.

4. My ability to forgive. Bruises heal without a scar.

5. My boobs.

6. My legs

7. My matching freckles on my 2 thumbs

8. My tatoos

9. My fearless attitude towards feelings.

10. The love I have for myslef.

Karen_*

I love my hair! (just got it cut)

Love my sense of humour too and my new-found strangth of charachter.:) I'm also very insightful and i'm kind.

I also love the tattoo on my ankle. Oh and my nails too:D

g'em

Great idea

1. My hair. It took 29 years to tame/ de-frizz/ grow/ highlight in just the right way but it was worth it.

2. My bum. Without it I couldn't indulge in most of my favourite past-times (most predominantly lifting and lying down :pac:) and it's rather a good-looking one too ifIsaysomyself

3. My determination. By rights I could be terribly miserable on a daily basis, but I seem to be able to pick myself up and move on even after the most serious of knocks.

4. My strength. I currently hold three World strength Records - I think that's kinda cool. My emotional strength (see #3) rocks too.

5. One of the nicest things that anyone ever said to me was that one of the best things about being my friend was that I always make my nearest and dearest feel good about themselves - don't know what you'd call that but it makes me feel warm and gooey inside to think I can do that.

Kya1976

Great thread.:)

1. My very dark and not at all politically correct sense of humor
2. My confidence
3. My tattoos
4. Love my jobs, love working with animals and to teach.
5. I'm very thoughtful
6. My silly Swedish accent that never seem to go away despite the fact I've been here 12yrs.
7. Love my boobies, legs, lips and eyes:p
8 My super cool doggies!!!!( my nb 1 hobby animals)

MeMyself&I

Good Post

1. Im very loyal, which makes me a good friend.
2. I love the family i was born into
3. I love my bum
4. I love my feet
5. I love that i can be emotional and go through all feelings
6. I have a good sense of humour
7. I love my boobs
8. I love my freckles
9. Ilove the way i can appreciate good things that im lucky to have

jellie

hmmm..

1. that im easily amused & easily cheered up. its pretty easy to make me laugh.

2. im a natural blonde :pac:

3. im loving how ive finally got the strength & determination to get to the weight ive wanted to be, and how my body is changing for the better

4. that even though my hearts been crushed & battered (oh the drama!) i havent given up on love & appreciate how amazing it can be.

5. im good at maths

6. im very loyal

cant think of any more right now - im good at avoiding work?

g'em wrote: »

4. My strength. I currently hold three World strength Records - I think that's kinda cool. My emotional strength (see #3) rocks too.

off topic & just being nosey, but what world records do you hold? thats pretty cool

g'em

sar84 wrote: »

off topic & just being nosey, but what world records do you hold? thats pretty cool

I just checked and I don't hold them anymore :pac: - they were beaten in Nov 2008. I used to hold WR for squat, deadlift and total, now they're jsut National Records!

amacachi

g'em wrote: »

I just checked and I don't hold them anymore :pac: - they were beaten in Nov 2008. I used to hold WR for squat, deadlift and total, now they're jsut National Records!

Better get back to PLing so :P

Let's see, things about me which are good, my natural build is the only good thing, 6 foot 2 and very big frame. My eyes arent bad either

allabouteve

At 31, what I'm really enjoying at the moment is the realisation that I really don't care what anyone thinks anymore.

I'm also grateful for my ability to endure. And I think I'm a pretty good friend.

Dragan

1. My creativity. I can't believe i had this on the back burner for so long. It such an odd feeling to wake up and realise that with enough time and effort and energy i can create anything i want.
2. My natural ability to take a photograph. I got lucky here, i just seem to have a nack for it.
3. My voice. I've made people both laugh and cry with my singing, in the best possible ways. I love it, such a release.
4. I thrive on challenge. The harder something is, the more i want to do it. The more you tell me i can't do it the sooner i will prove you wrong.
5. My ability to "know" people. When i meet someone, i generally know exactly what kind of person they are within minutes. I have proven this time and again and it's something the people who know me value.
6. My eyes. They rock. They change colour, sometimes over the course of a day.
7. My Mind. I'm a clever chap and I don't think it's wrong to enjoy that.
8. I ask questions and listen to answers. It's my greatest asset.

banshee_bones

Great Thread OP!

1) I have a wicked sense of humour. I like it
2) I am loyal
3) Love My hair
4) Many of my friends insist on telling me what slim/skinny legs i have?! (Looking down it doesnt seem that way!) but there must be something there so i love them anyway!
5) My boobs
6) Recently discovered with a little encouragement that im a fast learner when i learn not get get frustrated with myself that is

Lockstep

Brilliant idea for a thread. Way too much negativity floating around these days


1)Eyes
1)My love of people (I've never hated anyone. Ever. Trufax)
3)Adaptability (lived in a few different places)
4)Medic award
5)my stomach
6)Sense of justice
7) Boundless energy

Joey the lips

Girls sorry I am lurking but this is the funniest topic i have ever seen and if i can give you one suggestion. Print off what you love about yourselves and hand it in a letter to your O.H He will be sure to compliment you on them cause honestly

I think you are great to be positive and very amusing!

spinandscribble

my level of patience
my openness
my loyalty and trustworthiness
my eyes
my ability to look on the bright side
my legs

Niamho!

i'm intrigued as to why so many girlies like their boobs. is it just coz they're boobs and you have them?
What makes Boobs great? nice and perky and good to look at? (Sorry - i know i'm completely going off here...) i dont love my boobs really...

g'em

Joey the lips wrote: »

Girls sorry I am lurking but this is the funniest topic i have ever seen and if i can give you one suggestion. Print off what you love about yourselves and hand it in a letter to your O.H He will be sure to compliment you on them cause honestly

I think you are great to be positive and very amusing!

Thanks but the point of the thread is that we don't need someone else's compliments to make us feel good

Care to stay OT and post what you love about yourself?

sillyputty

1. I love that i have learned not to take life so seriously

2. I can laugh at myself.

3. I am an excellent listener

4. I can keep a secret

5. My hands (i don't know why)

6. My Teeth (they are crooked and some are chipped but it adds character)

liah

1) My eyes.. they go from blue to green to grey on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis, and everyone has commented on them since I was very small.

2) My smile. It's welcoming and warm and I have a good set of chompers, and people here are always complimenting me on my smile.

3) The fact that I just am who I am. I don't really look or dress or wear my hair like anyone else, and I can still get attention without ever trying.

4) My newfound confidence, which was severely lacking before I came here, as I was clinically depressed (hereditary) and had no self-worth. I feel confident everywhere I go now and I'm not constantly putting myself down or being negative.

5) The way I look at my past. Every time I tell someone about it they're always shocked at how open and honest and nonchalant I am due to its sensitive nature. I've just accepted it and am actually, weirdly, grateful for it as it has turned me into the person I am today and given me a world of life experience.

6) How good I am with animals. I often appreciate animals far more than people and I think in a weird way they know that and respond to it.

7) My creativity. Everything creative I have tried my hand at I have unintentionally excelled at. Writing, drawing, sculpting, photography, design (interior, web, graphic), learning new languages, finding new ways for old things to function. I even read quicker than most.

8) My sense of beauty. I can find beauty in all things and all people for many different reasons and appreciate it every single day I'm alive.

9) My forgiving nature. No matter how awful people have been to me in the past, or the rows we've gotten into, I will never hold a grudge and will always appreciate the fact that people change and go through moments of weakness. The same goes in regards to forgiving myself.

10) My taste in music. I like how I can go from an absolutely obscene Bloodhound Gang song straight into something as beautiful as Loreena McKennitt.

Wibbs

eh dunno. This kinda thing freaks me somewhat:)
1) I can paint/draw/sculpt. Used to do it a lot way back. Sold stuff too. Must get back into it. Like Dragan I can take a photo(unlike him I can't hold a tune in a bucket so all my voice does is reduce people to tears and murderous intent).
2) I like my hands actually.
3) I learn very quickly
4) With people, I can generally predict with pretty high accuracy what they will do next(I've been accused of being "psychic" but I'm about as psychic as a housebrick:)) I love being surprised, but that's not that often, funny enough.
5) I know a helluva lot of stuff about stuff, but it's taught me that I actually know very little. And I know I'm often wrong.
6) I can be funny.
7) If I love someone, friend family or lover, they'll know it.

Dudess

Character traits: I like that I make a point of being friendly, warm, approachable, a good listener/counsellor (I'd totally have studied counselling psychology if it wasn't for the fear that I wouldn't be able to detach myself from work), down-to-earth, easygoing, open-minded, a good friend/girlfriend (I have a no-nagging policy ) and enjoy a good laugh.

Abilities: I'm proud of my writing skills, my singing and other musical talents, my communication skills (used to think that phrase was bollocks but it's seriously, seriously not) and I'm gonna echo Dragan's point - I've plenty of brains and I'm not gonna pretend otherwise (well, in fairness, the scientific/mathematical part of my brain was NEVER developed ).

Physical: my skin, hair and teeth - I'm lucky enough to have a great complexion, shiny hair and straight teeth (thanks to the braces ).
My arse, legs, hips and boobs (I know what ya mean Niamho, but I LOVE my boobies! Didn't always though). My bod is a strange one because while I've always been sensitive about it (like so many women) I still love its shape.

Oh and of course my astounding modesty/humility...
Nah... of course I've flaws/sh1t to work on, but this thread is only about focusing on the positive.

Nice one OP!

ohanloj3

I love my smile/teeth

minidazzler

1. My Loyalty, it has been commented on by my friends, I am an extremely loyal person by nature. This is one of the only constant's that I have liked about myself.

2. My eye's, sometimes. I will just look in the mirror and see they are a perfect shade of blue.

3. The fact that I completed a course last year,(Physical type thing) that 80% of people dropped out of!!! When I was even nearly the fittest person on it.

4. My New found fitness. Started running 2 months back and my fitness has increased 40 fold.

5. I know stuff, just random facts that I pop up with at the most random of times.

6. This is something I like and hate about myself. I have spent the last 10 years basically raising my sister who is 14 because my parents need to work. She is in a wheelchair and I have to do almost everything for her. and I mean EVERYTHING!!! While I know this is actually a good thing, I can't help but think I have missed out a bit on my formative years.

7. That I know now what I like about mysellf, when I didn't before I opened this thread.

Hm
My bluntness and honesty (while still retaining plenty of tact ); definitely my intelligence and various things connected to it; having abilities musical, mathematical and general learning abilities in general fields.

Ach there's more, but the end of a long hard day doesn't help my rusty brain.
As a person, I'm very happy with me in general!

Redpunto

I like my neck

metaoblivia

My voice!
When I was little, I had a speech impediment and was afraid to talk to people. My parents put me in choir and had me take voice lessons to get over my fear. Now, I have a beautiful speaking and singing voice. I love reading aloud and singing. It sends me straight to my happy place. I'm still afraid of speaking/singing in front of people though - I guess old habits are hard to break!
I also love my creative energy, eyes, and figure.

Joey the lips

g'em wrote: »

Thanks but the point of the thread is that we don't need someone else's compliments to make us feel good

Care to stay OT and post what you love about yourself?

My apologies to all. I ment it in another way, I think to hear ladies talk so positivly about themselves is such a good thing thats all. But I shall stick to topics promise!

What do I like about myself?

My feet!

My Arms

My legs

My sholders

My honesty

My faith(Thanks dad)

My offspring!

My life

yermandan

Great thread OP, one of the most difficult things in like (IME) IS TO BE 100% positive about oneself and its entirely another thing to proclaim it to others!!!

Anyway OT,

I love my commitment to bettering (not battering!!:)) myself, as in I want to be the best person I can be and I know that for as long as I live, I will be striving for this,

I love my ability to befriend and build trust with others. I use it everyday in my work and in my personal life too and it gives me so much energy and vitality to see and feel the response I get from my family, friends, colleagues and clients!!!

I love my sense of humour, my smile, that I can be cheeky and get away with it!!

I love that I have finally committed to a life of health through better training and eating, it is something that I have been putting off for years and now I finally feel that I can sustain it!!! (running 5 miles a day I thank you!!)

I love that I know that no matter how bad things get, I have the most wonderful group of family and friends that will sustain me and help me through and I give gratitude for this fact everyday!!!

Thanks for this thread!! Looking forward to reading more input. I have also only found the Ladies Lounge and its absolutely brilliant!!! Its like a perfect morph of PI and AH, my 2 (previous) favourite threads!!!

Keep it up gals and guys

holdmyhand?

i just got off the phone with my sis, i called her to ask her how she got on....

she was so sweet and excited... 'everyone had to get up on their chair and say 5 things they had written and then everyone clapped and cheered. and it was just great. everyone was so happy the rest of the days, even the boys were being nice'

apparently for 'lifelong homework' they have tell themsleves the things they love every day in the mirror.

my sister has had a bit of a tough one, disruptive family, illness etc and it was just so nice hearing her be so positive. like im pretty sure, if we had all had this type of 'education' when we were ten, on the verge of the 'biggest adventure of our lives' which is puberty, i feel we would be alot excepting of oursleves.

Salome

I think it's very hard not to be critical of oneself - I actually had to think about what I liked about myself, tbh.

I am overweight, I don't have great hair, I have a huge backside, I have a squidgy button nose but I'm lucky that I have the confidence to not let things like that get me down.

On a positive note:

I love my freckles,
I love my voice - speaking and singing - I ain't no Mariah but I love it!
I love my feet - they're pretty
I love my sense of humour,
I love that I care for the people who are important to me,
I love that I'm a bloody good kisser,
I love seeing the smile on my OH's face when we're together.

Mr. Presentable

I love my world-beating humility.

MissLeed

ya I'd be one to put myself down but here goes...

my eyes--they're dark and mysterious, a little micheivious, but sparkling and attention fetching!

And the fact that I'm so petite, but I have such a big heart, I can help people by just looking up at them and holding their hand.

carrieb

Great thread.
Tough though...

1. I'm a very good friend, would do anything for my friends. I'm also a good daughter & sister. (and he hasn't made it easy!)
2. I am VERY punctual, I hate ppl who are always late and even though I'm the only person I know who's always early I like it, it's respect for other people.
4. I have a thirst for knowledge. I want to know things! A friend calls me Miss Google!
5. I am not afraid to try something new. (I moved to Italy on my own 6 mths ago because I always wanted to live here!)

6. My body (it's not amazing but not bad either and I'm petite, get to wear most things)
7. Tiny feet!
8. I have an ass.

9. I read a lot & I think that's a good thing.

10. I am really working on becoming stronger emotionally and have noticed an increase in my self esteem this last year. No longer a door mat!

11. I think I'm quite funny!

Jules

nipplenuts wrote: »

I love my world-beating humility.

I love the pride that the ladies of boards have in themsleves.

minidazzler

I love that I have the "Hands of a God", in more than one way, because I am both Musically talented guitar, I give the best massage of everyone my female friends know(Well those that I have given a Massage to.), I have made Girlfriends "See Stars" allegedly when using my hands. I am really happy about my hands, and they are awesome and big. I have perfectly sculpted hands.

Pinky Pixie

1. I love my ability to not take a bad day out on other people .

2. I love my arms and legs because they are skinny and flexible yet shapely:).

3. I love my ability to flirt and get attention without having to be in your face or trampy;).

4. I love the fact I'm a happy morning person but a night owl too:cool:.

Stheno

I wouldn't be the best at this either.

I suppose:

1. I am a good friend, don't have many, but those I do I value highly.
2. I tend to be very precise and organised.
3. I love learning.
4. I like that I can cope with adversity/challenges almost all of the time.
5. Most of all, I like me, and who I am, I'm not perfect, but I'm happy being me, and happy working on improving me .

Body stuff and the rest is just genes imo, I've been lucky there (not criticising those who are happy bodywise) it's just something I've taken as given.

Catari Jaguar

Great thread
I love:

My eyes - I love the shape and colour, sometimes green, grey or blueish.

My fingernails are really nicely manicured and I used to bite them until a couple of years ago so am always filing and painting them

Being brilliant at Guitar Hero and those dance games, and I have an impressive Rock & Metal music collection

Knowing that I'm a sensitive, honest, kind hearted, moral person

My utmost faith in people despite it all and just trying to help people in anyway I can (I'm an inner city primary school teacher - I love it)

My sense of humour is witty, animated and dark

My drama training had taught me to be silly, childlike, brave, crazy and confident in myself

I'm really artistic and creative, I see beauty all around me

My love of animals and nature to the point that I cry at cartoon films like Totoro and Nausicaa

I can put on accents and sing a bit too

My boobs are huge and look amazing in a bikini

At the moment I love my hair - it's dyed red and cut really cool

I'm proud of things I've done like teaching in an African orphanage, volunteering for charities, animal rights campaigning etc

I cook a delicious rare steak and make goood pancakes

*I'll shut up now...*

6th

Oh I really need this right now:

1: my sense of humor
2: my eyes
3: my lips
4: I can draw/sculpt
5: My ability to co-make beasutiful kids
6: My voice
7: My facial hair
8: I've very good at what I do
9: I'm great in the sack
10: I can make people feel good about themselves
11: Despite being made redundant for the second time my spirit cant be broken

I'll stop there

holdmyhand?

awwww this isssssss sooooooooo sweet!!!!!!!!

*clap* *cheer* wooooo

right now i just feel american :P



(ment sincerly. not smartly) (worked ina summer camp in america last year with a whole load of clapping and cheering) (was also pretending to be ten like my sister)

Jules

The next poster who makes any kind of smart remark in this thread will be banned for a week.

You know who im looking at!

Otis Driftwood

Great thread OP,Im actually sitting here with a big grin on my face.You made my day.Thanks.:)

1.My eyes+eye lashes.I have been told on countless occasions (mostly by women) that they would kill for them.
2.The fact Im great with kids.They seem to love me for some reason.
3.The fact that I am as adept working in an office as working on a farm.
4.The fact that Im not embarrassed to cry(within reason of course )
4.My arms/shoulders.
5.My quick wittedness/razor sharp sarcasm.I have reduced many a person to a quivering wreck in insult contests.
6.That at almost 30 years of age,and despite being out of work and single at the moment,Im pretty damn happy.
7.I love the fact that when a friend needs advice,that the vast majority of the time they will come to me.
8.I give grrrrreat hugs.
9.I have an almost encyclopedic knowledge of horror movies.
10.Im very,very perceptive.Generally my first impression of someone is spot on.

Pinky Pixie

nedtheshed wrote: »

8.I give grrrrreat hugs.

Me too I love hugs Ya can never refuse a good hug!

Snowie

i love the way my body shakes likes some who's freezing when buzzing with adrenalin....
I love my resilient nature.
I love the way, I get serous when i have to.
I love the my ability to learn....
I love my self for who I am.
I love my life and experience's
I love waking up and feeling good about my self.

SeekUp

I love my mouth -- my teeth, my smile, my lips, even my laugh.

I love my hands -- they look just like my mom's did, and her mother before her.

I love the conversations that I have with myself and knowing that sometimes, I'm the only one who I need to speak to.

I love my ability to sit around all day and not feel guilty that I haven't done a d*mn thing.

mollybird

i love that i'm passionate about the work that i love, i love that i can be there for my friends whenever they need me. i love that i don't care what other people think. i love that i can plan things and my boyfriend can't stop me. hehe:D

Agent Smith

after Lots of thought, i've come to accept my graying hair.

I Love my scars, Each one tells a diffrent story of courageousness (or stupidity)

I Love the fact i'm great, and Should get both parachutes, Just incase the first one doesnt work

Crumble Froo

urrgh, man, when i was in counselling and crap when i was younger, i used to always have to do these things and they made me absolutely squirm. urrgh. older and wiser now, and generally a lot more comfortable in my own skin... let's see if i can pick out some stuff i like about myself ('love' could be taking things a bit far...)...

alright, i like my open-mindedness/non-judgementalist attitude, ive met so many interesting people i wouldnt have met otherwise, and it was a big part of getting my current job (which i love, and apparently am quite good at ).

emmm... my relaxed attitude and everything about how i feel when im surfing.

i love, and hate, how i think on different wavelengths to most other people. depends on the circumstance, the people and if i voiced my thoughts out loud. :pac:

my boobs. and actually, since ive been watching my diet a bit more and surfing heaps more, my body is starting to get onto my good side a bit...

emm... my usually positive outlook... something i am working on though.

good work ethic, and im in the process of discovering a work/life balance too. which is nice

aaaaaaand ive run out of stuff.

d-gal

Inspired from DeFranco
I love that I go to work in a tshirt and shorts and change people's lives, it's a fairly special thing
Probably g'em will only get the above!

I love my job, my six pack, my smile, my loyalty and my ability to show empathy easily.
Dave

AnnieB82

As I don't have the highest self esteem I can pretty much just list what others like about me!

1) Very thoughtful
2) Funny
3) Nice bum
4) long legs
5) Natural blonde (although I think red or black would have been nice too)
5) Smart
6) Kind/Compassionate
7) punctual ( ok running out of stuff here!)

tribulus

Confidence
Determination

Ability to change my phyisque/training and achieve results with it (sounds way more dramatic than it is)

I'll throw in the obligatory being a national record holder too (though I fully expect it to be beaten soon)

Loyalty (to a close few people)

brianthebard

There are only a few things I love about myself, I find it hard to relate to that word sometimes. But there are a good few things I really like about myself, so I'll categorise them that way.
I love:
My hair. And my beard. as far as I'm concerned they're awesome!

I like:
Being intelligent. At least I think I am.
Thinking in ways that are a little different to most people. It makes a difference in school.
Being able to play music, and write stories. I like being creative. In fact I borderline love it!
That some girls seem to find me attractive, even if I still don't quite see it myself.
Being a little taller and little broader than average, although I'm working on being even broader. I think it gives me presence, and confidence, and it makes it easier to enjoy concerts!
That I try to see the good in people, even if it leads to disappointment sometimes.