[Leigh]

I am very surprised that I have not seen this thread before, and yet in doing so I have realized that all of the thinking that I have done over the last few months has brought Me to perhaps a long but simple affirmation which begins today:

I, Braedon, am worthy of love and of all the good things in life that I could ever want or dream of. I am not who My father seems to think I am (lazy, good for nothing etc) and have never been that way. I deserve to be happy, nowhere in this world does it say that I do not deserve to be happy or to be loved. I will not live in the past any longer; I will look forward to the future and as I see it, the future has never looked brighter. Growing old does not mean an ending, but rather each day is a brand new beginning. I am not what I have done in My past, nor should that in any way influence how someone sees Me today. No matter what stupid things I have done in My past, I am more than the sum of My parts and have deemed Myself to be truly worthy of all that life has to offer.

I will open My eyes, as well as My heart, and I will no longer close Myself off to any of the possibilities that are afforded to Me in the months and years to come. The sun is shining, the snow is pretty much gone here, and looking out the window I see things as clear as I ever did ~ there is an entire world out there for Me to explore, and explore I shall ........ look out world, I am no longer hiding behind My past but am fixing to bust out of My old self and show others who the real Me truly is