's motd Wednesday April 13, 2011

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BEAM WITH

CONFIDENCE!

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Back when I was a kid, one day

when I got home from school, I was very upset! And

during dinner, I discussed with my parents why

I was so upset. See, that day at school, I'd been

sitting on a bench in the school yard during recess

eating some chips and drinking a Coke. I was feeling

just fine at the time, enjoying the weather and my

snacks.

But right in the middle of my

feeling so good, a couple of older kids came over and

knocked that bag of potato chips right out of my

hand! Then they snatched my Coke and poured it all

over the asphalt right there in front of me. And if

that weren't enough, all the while, they were

shouting, telling me how fat I was and I didn't need

to be eating that stuff anyway!

Well, needless to say I was shocked...and for a couple

of reasons. First, they destroyed my snacks! (Bad

enough, right?) But second of all, they made me feel

just rotten, talking to me the way they had.

After hearing my story, my mother. Shirley simply told

me to..."Forget about what they said and did to

you, Dicky. They're simply jealous because you're so

adorable. And you always remember that." I'm

telling you, Shirley could give such a good speech,

she really should have been in politics. LOL.

But sadly, when I returned to school the next day, I

got more of the same treatment from the same kids.

And they treated me that way the next day and the next

week, too. And each time they made fun of me,

my mothers words of good advice seemed to disappear

into my head.

One night, I was so upset about

all of this that I couldn't even fall asleep. I just

sat on the side of my bed as Lenny lay in his

own bed, snoring away in dreamland. Meanwhile, I sat

there thinking to myself...Maybe the things they

say about me are true. Maybe I am just a fat pig.

Maybe I am all the other things they said about me.

The more I thought about everything, the lower my

spirits sank. In fact, they got so low that by the

next morning, I didn't want to go to school at all!

Well, by the time morning arrived, I was half asleep

sitting at the breakfast table. My father, noticing

my drowsy state asked, "What's wrong, Dicky? Did

you have more trouble at school? Now listen Dicky,

I want you to remember that you are a very unique

and special young man. Plus, you're a good kid and

you can't let those bullies at school get to you.

You just can't! You have to stand tall, tell them

who you are and why you're so terrific."

Well, with my father's speech now

playing in my head, during recess that day, (and you

could set your watch by them), those bullies paraded

across the school yard right towards me. Stand

tall, my father had said. So I stood up on the

bench as they approached which made me taller

than them. I held my chips and Coke firmly in my

hands and told them, "Listen up, you guys! I've

had enough of the things you've said about me and

done to me! You may have hurt my feelings before

but I'm not going to let you hurt me...anymore! If

you want, I'll fight you one at a time and show you

what this little 'piggy boy' can do...to you!" I

have to tell you that those guys were so shocked, they

never, ever bothered me again.

Has anyone ever talked to you or treated you the way

those guys treated me? And if so, did it make you

feel so bad that you actually began doubting

yourself? Has someone tried to take your confidence

away from you?

Well, I have to tell you that nothing is worse then

self-doubt. It kills your spirit and makes you feel

like a lesser person. If anyone has ever bullied or

treated you badly, you first need to set them straight

and stay away from them...for good.

Gosh, there're too many negative

people in this world. I wish there were a pill some of

those sour people could take that would take away

their negativity. Hey, I'd be first in line to do a

commercial for them. LOL.

Please remember that you must always have faith in

yourself. I mean faith for your insides and for your

outsides, too. You are so lucky to be alive...we

all are. And we can't afford to waste a second

of our lives doubting ourselves. I don't. I

believe in me and what I do. And oh yes, you

have to do the same.

Do what I do. Make a list of all the

wonderful things about you and look at that list

everyday. Listen to what your own heart has

to say about who you are and remember, that's

what really counts!

No more doubts about you, okay? Oh yes, I want you to...BEAM WITH

CONFIDENCE!

Love,