“I AM ME. IN ALL THE WORLD, THERE IS NO ONE ELSE EXACTLY LIKE
ME. EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF ME IS AUTHENTICALLY MINE, BECAUSE
I ALONE CHOSE IT — I OWN EVERYTHING ABOUT ME: MY BODY, MY
FEELINGS, MY MOUTH, MY VOICE, ALL MY ACTIONS, WHETHER THEY BE TO
OTHERS OR MYSELF. I OWN MY FANTASIES, MY DREAMS, MY HOPES, MY
FEARS. I OWN MY TRIUMPHS AND SUCCESSES, ALL MY FAILURES AND
MISTAKES. BECAUSE I OWN ALL OF ME, I CAN BECOME INTIMATELY
ACQUAINTED WITH ME. BY SO DOING, I CAN LOVE ME AND BE FRIENDLY WITH
ALL MY PARTS. I KNOW THERE ARE ASPECTS ABOUT MYSELF THAT PUZZLE ME,
AND OTHER ASPECTS THAT I DO NOT KNOW — BUT AS LONG AS I AM
FRIENDLY AND LOVING TO MYSELF, I CAN COURAGEOUSLY AND HOPEFULLY
LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS TO THE PUZZLES AND WAYS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
ME. HOWEVER I LOOK AND SOUND, WHATEVER I SAY AND DO, AND WHATEVER I
THINK AND FEEL AT A GIVEN MOMENT IN TIME IS AUTHENTICALLY ME. IF
LATER SOME PARTS OF HOW I LOOKED, SOUNDED, THOUGHT, AND FELT TURN
OUT TO BE UNFITTING, I CAN DISCARD THAT WHICH IS UNFITTING, KEEP
THE REST, AND INVENT SOMETHING NEW FOR THAT WHICH I DISCARDED. I
CAN SEE, HEAR, FEEL, THINK, SAY, AND DO. I HAVE THE TOOLS TO
SURVIVE, TO BE CLOSE TO OTHERS, TO BE PRODUCTIVE, AND TO MAKE SENSE
AND ORDER OUT OF THE WORLD OF PEOPLE AND THINGS OUTSIDE OF ME. I
OWN ME, AND THEREFORE, I CAN ENGINEER ME. I AM ME, AND I AM
OKAY.”