It was a joke

It's never been all about me. Not even when I take those extra-long personality tests. It is in my nature, according to NLJ (or something like that) to care more about others than myself; to help others before helping myself; and to live my life wanting to make everyone's life a little better.

So there I am at Borders, taking a little time away from all that so-called "helping" and I ran into the calendar section. The sign read "ALL CALENDARS 4 DOLLARS". "Like I need another calendar in my life". My classroom is inundated with them, my computer vomits calendars, and my life pukes deadlines.

The I saw this.

I scanned through it, and I thought "what the hell, I'll buy it".

I have to say, it's my best investment of twenty ten- so far.

The part that I love the most is the one that says "me-me-me-mantra"... one daily reason why I love myself. It's a bit shallow, but it feels good to remind myself of why I like myself so much... (I need reminders, because, I must admit, I don't like myself all that much).

Today I wrote, "I love me because I get to wear my OBAMA SHIRT on MLK day".

I love that shirt. It was a gift from my sister who loves me. It was a gift for my birthday, and I got to wear it on one of my top birthday celebrations. I've worn it so many times this year: camping, helping kids from AFRICA, vegas 2009. It reminds me of happy times. It reminds me of times I've felt fulfilled. It reminds me of many reasons that I am, afterall, a happy person.

So today, I loved myself, because I have a shirt that makes me happy...let's see what I can come up with tomorrow.