Happy Pride!! This week-end was pride week-end in St. Louis for the LGBT community. Sarah and I didn't get to go this week-end but we were there in spirit. For those of you who do not know what pride is, it is a big celebration of LGBT people....in other words, a big gay celebration..Lol! The month of June is pride month all over the world for LGBT people. It is a time for a diverse group of people to come together and celebrate the diversity between them as well as one part that makes them all the same. Every year in St. Louis, Pride grows larger and larger. It is really a beautiful thing to see so many couples and families sharing time together without having to worry about the dagger filled stares of judgement or the hateful words tearing down love. Also every year, there are protesters who try to "convert" the gays to their way of thinking and away from who we are born to be. These protesters are no better than Westboro Baptist Church as they can say hateful and hurtful things to loving couples right in front of their children. It would be easy to get hung up on what these people say and do and the negative things they say in do in front of families about values when they are the ones who are spewing such hate and bigotry in front of children. However, for me, it is more important to focus on the love between people and the positive feeling that flow through the air during Pride. People will always try to bring people down. In fact, it seems the more positive someone is, the more others try to bring negativity into your life. The fact of the matter is, you can choose to let the negative in and affect you or you can choose to focus on the positive and have some PRIDE!! Pride is for everyone....love is for everyone.....that is what I choose!! Happy Pride everyone!
How many times have you said this to yourself? I used to say it all the time and still, I catch myself saying it every now and then. It really is something that can just roll off of the tongue. A good example might be this blog. I just figured out this evening that I was posting my blog wrong. It is frustrating since I have like four or five blogs on the home page but I have never blogged before and didn't know exactly what I was doing. I am trying to teach myself to be kinder to myself though and that being hard on myself, especially for petty things, is what made me a "negative Nancy." I've seen my daughter make a simple mistake and get so frustrated with herself and say such mean things to herself. I do not want that for her. I want her to know and see how awesome she is and the best way for me to encourage her to do that is to do it for myself. Our children are our little sponges, mirrors and parrots. So the next time you catch yourself getting all pissed off with yourself and are berating yourself, ask yourself if you would want someone else saying those things to your child or worse, would you want to hear your child saying those things to herself.
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