Everybody Tells Me to Be Myself but I Don't Know Who I Am by Nancy N. Rue

Author:Nancy N. Rue [Rue, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zonderkidz
Published: 2016-04-02T00:00:00+00:00

“I’m so fat.” “I’m gonna eat something healthy.”

“I’m dumb in math.” “I rock at language arts.”

“I’m a spastic at sports.” “I love cheering people on.”

“I have the biggest mouth.” “I can talk to just about anybody.”

“I have a pig laugh.” “I can always make people laugh when I laugh.”

“I’m lame at art.” “I like to draw for fun.”

“I’m a loser.” “Everyone’s a winner at something.”

When you can’t say anything nice about yourself, say something nice about somebody else:

(“I’m so fat.”) “She looks so cute in that outfit.”

(“I’m dumb in math.”) “You are, like, the class math whiz.”

Do NOT add an insult to yourself when you compliment someone else: “She looks so cute in that outfit. I wish I were skinny like her.”

DO add a gentle request for help: “You are, like, the class math whiz. Could you help me with the homework?”

That way, you’re still learning how to speak kindly to other people, and you’ll slowly start being gentler with yourself too.

Piece of Trash #2 — “I can’t .” Fill in the line with something you haven’t even tried very hard to do. Yeah, we’re talking about . . .

“I can’t go to a party where I don’t know anybody.”

“I can’t talk in front of people.”

“I can’t learn to . . . (swim, dance, ski, ice-skate, bake brownies, do a cartwheel, eat a lobster . . .)”

“I can’t get along with my sister/brother.”

“I can’t go to school when my friends are mad at me.”

Everybody gets freaked out sometimes when there’s something new to try — from going to a different school to eating sushi for the first time. But nobody knows if she can do it until she gives it an honest effort. If it turns out you really can’t do it, you’ll know you need some more help (like in a school subject or an important relationship), or you’ll discover that it really isn’t your thing (like in a sport or one of the arts). Either way, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing you tried, and that can really build your confidence in yourself. Besides, most of the time, you’ll discover you really CAN do it. So instead of saying, “I can’t,” say, “I’ll try.”

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