LIES, LIES, AND MORE LIES

Like many other people, I have a lot of old lies inside me, things I still feel may be
truths, even though logically, I know better.
One day, I found myself having a real pity party one day, feeling worthless, a failure,
stupid, etc. - you get the drift.
I had an awakening that day. I'm not sure what it was I read, but something clicked. For
the first time I really began to understand that any belief I had that diminished my
feeling of self-worth was a lie. They were all lies.
Judgements are lies. If someoneone calls me ugly or stupid, they are pretending to
describe a characteristic I have, but in truth they are trying to boost their own feelings
of worth by demonstrating their power to hurt others.
Rejection is a lie. The fault lies not in me, but in the person's inability to accept
inperfections in themselves, and others.
Believing lies is destructive to me. Lies and evil coexist, and each time I accept a lie
as a truth, I give evil an opportunity to do damage.
On that day, I made up a sheet of all the things I felt bad about myself, but before I
did, I put in huge letters ate the top "Lies, Lies, and More Lies". I'd like to share some
of that list with you.

I'm a failure.
I'm ugly.
I'm so stupid sometimes
I'm scatterbrained.
I'm dense.
I'll never be successful.
I'll never be happy.
I'm a lousy husband/father/lover
I'm not what a real man should be
I deserve to be punished for my mistakes
I should know better
I should try harder
I'm a jerk