Love 365: Day Thirty-Seven - Forty-Three

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I love that I'm stubborn.

I love that my mind is full of useless trivia. Someday I'll be on Jeopardy, I tell you.

I love being pale. The more I know about health, the less I desire a tan.

I love my strong thighs.

I love my handwriting-- not too neat, but not too messy, either.

I love my smile.

I love my crooked teeth that never got braces.

--Me

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I love how I know how to make fun of my girlfriend in a way that makes her smile.

--Luke

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I love how every time I fall down on my knees, feeling weak and ended, I come up by myself and fight back whatever it is that time. It looks I´m stronger than I thought I was.

I love my freckles, they make me feel younger, and I love how close I am to my family, how deeply we take care of that relationship through time and adult age, not giving anything for granted.

I love how I try to surprise the others, how I look for the details that will make them feel special.

I love that I still care when I lose a friend, because it means I truly loved that person, and gave a part of me. With time, I´ve become more and more reserved in friendships, so when I find out I still give myself, it feels like I didn't totally lose the innocence in me, despite the heartbreaks, I always trust again.

I love that I want to keep fighting for my dreams, even life won't give me many chances to achieve it. I love that I won´t surrender and live my life the way others try to convince me to.

I love the story of my name, and the way it sounds when my mother says it.

--Leticia

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I love my eyes.

I love that I'm finally strong enough to tell my parents I want to pursue (classical) music as a full time career. I practice 3+ hours a day and I think I deserve to do what I love and am really good at not what other people expect me to do. On that note, I love that I can spend hours practicing and still not get tired of music.

I love that I am learning to love all 5'1 of me. I'm short yes, and generally quite tiny. I use to hate it, but it's not going to be a problem this year unless I let it become one.

I love that I have finally accepted that not everyone I meet will like me.

I love that I am independent. I can do things by myself, and deal with things by myself. I don't need a boyfriend and I don't always need people to lean on. In fact, 90% of the time, I'd rather you all left me alone so I could figure it out alone. I love that I'm tough.

I love that I'm a little bit nerdy. History is cool. Bach, Beethovaen and Mozart are all gods.

--Rose

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I love that I have been journalling a lot lately, that I have developed it as a habit. I used to write down in my journal before I went to sleep at nights, but now I actually carry my notebook around and scribble down everything that crosses through my head. It's not only a place to vent my emotions and write my thoughts, but a book with important information that I'd be lost without.

--Sharon

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Something I love about myself is my ability to deal with confrontation. Not a lot of people can do this. I believe it's because i m a strong person who stands their ground and is secure. I really love this about myself.

--Emily

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I love:

My ability to socialize with pretty much anyone.
the fact that I will stand by my beliefs to the very end and do not sit by quietly when I see injustice in my world.
The fact that my post baby body is not dramatically different to my pre-baby body (superficial yes, but important to my self esteem).
That I'm always there for my friends when they need a shoulder to lean on.

--Bec, Brunch at Tiffanies

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I love all my scars. I know so many people spend time and energy obsessing over how ugly those skin details make them feel - but WHY? My scars remind me where I've been. Even the stupid scar on my knee from tripping over my dog's leash - sure it wasn't a great story anyone else will ever be interested in, but in 5 years when she's gone, I'll still have that scar with me all the time to remember her. I love the scar on my arm from a fight I got in with my brother when we were little. Sure, I hated his guts at the time and the fight wasn't exactly fun, but it's from our childhood which is when we learned to love and take care of each other. I even love the scars that I can't remember the origins of. I have a scar on my wrist that I notice every day as I work at my computer. I have no recollection of when or how I got it, but I still like it. I know there were things I was doing 5 years ago that I couldn't remember now. And whatever is important to me now, I might not remember 10 years from now. But even if I can't remember it, going through things is how I became who I am.

--Kelly, Proficiscamur!

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One thing I love about myself is when I look in the mirror and think "Oh man, that's a hot girl! Wait, that's me..." It's the kind of moment when you want to yell "WIN!" and not care about people thinking that I'm a geek. I am a geek. That's cool.

--Greta, Punkelikat!

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I love my inner overachiever. She kind of cracks me up.

I love how my hair goes all wavy without my doing much to it, which is fabulous because I like extra sleep more than perfectly done hair.

I love my crazy sexy vocabulary.

I love how I feel surrounded by bright colors and pretty designs.

I love that I am a grateful person.

--Jessica, Serious Whimsy

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Something I love about myself is that I am learning the power of my word. I am more aware of my ability to have either a positive or negative effect on others simply what I say and the way I say it. One of my resolutions is to give up idle gossip. I've never been much of a gossiper, but I have caught myself making subtle judgments about others and passing them off as 'harmless.' A wonderful side effect of 'impeccable speech' is that I have also become a better listener. :)

--Fawn

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