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Five Things I Like About Myself

Jalál (Glory), 5 ‘Ilm (Knowledge) 175 B.E. - Saturday, October 20, 2018

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Write a list of 5 things you like/love about yourself!

Five Things I Like About Myself

This prompt is getting me out of my comfort zone, which is a good thing. I normally don't think about, or even list, the things about myself that I like. I think it has to do with leftover dogma from my childhood. I was taught, or picked up from the way other people talked and acted, that I wasn't supposed to consider the good things about myself. This may be part of my low self-esteem issues, which I still confront.

I cut and dye my gray hair once a month. This is a wonderful achievement because it makes me feel younger. I don't like to have my hair too long because it's difficult to wash, dry, and take care of, with short hair I can use a brush to keep it neat.

My sense of humor, which is improving with the years. True there are many who may believe my sense of humor is weird, among other things, that's alright. As long as I can laugh, and find some of things I do amusing it doesn't matter what other people think.

I write poetry. I write poetry about anything that inspires me. I have several poems and books in my port that contain my poems. There are two books--"Devotional Poetry"  and "Poem Experiments" --that I had poem to just about every week. The goal is to add poem to them every day or so.

I'm confronting and overcoming my fear of spiders. A few days ago, when I went into the bathroom, there was a huge--it looked to me like it was gigantic--spider crawling around the trashcan. I went after the bitch, and killed it.

I'm a world citizen, who was born and lives in the United States. I attempt to practice my citizenship through activities in the nation of my birth.