So I learned a list of really valuable things in the class I took this week. One of them was about the importance of being valued. And how everything we get upset about angry about comes back to feeling not valued. Just think of every single thing you get upset at. I don't mean things like a sick child or bad health, but things that tick you off and get you from a positive place to a negative one, all day long. The little (or sometimes not so little things). In the end, they all come down to feeling not valued.

Well it does for me. So now, I am paying more attention to that and taking a step back and creating my own self-value when others don't respect it. Or changing the way I look at the situation so it doesn't make me feel less valued.

I am also remembering it when I treat others. I am trying to be calmer and to be more appreciative. I am also trying to be specific in my appreciation, so that it's not a quickie but a well-thought out, "I-really-did-notice-this" kind of appreciation.

I promise more from the class, soon, Kim.