I was having a fine day. I was in a good mood and then all of a sudden I received a series of phone calls that changed the mood from good to glum. The problem is that the people who called me did not do this to me, I did it to myself.

Sure the people that called me set out in a very aggressive fashion towards me. In fact these people did not even care about me. I can think all I want that I deserve to be treated with respect. Here is the problem; when people do not see or understand that I deserve to be treated with respect, love and gentleness, how do I determine in my mind that they do not has the luxury of treating me badly.

The thing is when people are aggressive towards you, you react. You get mad or hurt or discussed, etc. The point being you get emotional. For me today I got tremendously discouraged. I would say depressed would be a good descriptive word. I had convinced myself, based upon what these people thought, that I was not worthy of feeling loved, and positive, and cared for. I turned a series of phone calls into a catastrophe. I told myself that my well being was disturbed.

This being week one and the week centered on benevolence, I surely need to protect my self-esteem. I need to be resolute in my determination that no matter what anybody says or thinks or feels about me that I know who I am and that I continue to reaffirm my quality character and know that I am safe, worthy of love and gentleness, and have been sent to earth by God to live a happy vibrant life.