Today my heart was very much softened. For so long I’ve been mulling around this ridiculous inclination I have for self-loathing.  Last night I was listening to Max Lucado (a podcast nerd?!) and I heard a quote that made me sob, “If you think too little of yourself, you’re thinking too much of yourself.”  And I guess that’s been me for so long.  But, I don’t want to be like that forever, you know.  Today a little kid just brimming with contagious joy told me that I was beautiful.  He kept saying, “You’re beautiful!” and “Thank you!  You’re beautiful!”  And I guess for so long I’ve been wanting to hear things of that sort.

Truth is, God’s always been willing to say that sort of thing to me.  But, I had to stop and hear a little boy tell me that.  My nieces are here for a short visit and it is wonderful because they are wonderful.