Uplifting

I returned from Church today, and my husband was listening to the evangelist Joel Osteen.  It was providential, because his subject today was "thinking positively about oneself.'' No more, "I'm too fat!  I'm not pretty!  I'm disorganized!"  How appropriate for me today.  Someone I loved demeaned me for days.  The same person gossips with my hairdresser about me.  A family member called me "bitter" and a friend commented that my writing "seems unfinished."  But Joel told a story about a student who was told to set his sights low as he didn't have much intelligence.  And so the man did, working at the same factory job for many years.  Eventually, the company closed and he moved on to apply at a new company.  As part of the hiring process, the employee had to take an IQ test.  He scored highest of anyone in the factory's 63 history!  So this man started his own company and went on to patent two devices.   Now my boss has affirmed me in every way, "You can do anything you set your mind to!"  So, tho, the past couple weeks have been bruising and derimental, I will put them behind me and carry on.