Affirmation

Before I left, my family threw me a small going away party at which my second mother Momma Sandi was the master (mistress?) of ceremonies. She had everyone decorate envelopes and write me letters which I took with me and read periodically throughout the month. Thank you to everyone who wrote to me and to Momma Sandi for the idea. My letters were a great source of comfort and encouragement when I needed them most and I will cherish them always.

Momma Sandi also had each of the guests say one word which reminded them of me. The words were: loving, passionate, successful, pulchritude (Latin word meaning Beautiful; thanks Keia!), grace, elegance, spiritual, determined and wise. Then I was instructed to use each word in a sentence to create an affirmation ( Something declared to be true; a positive statement or judgment) to take with me on my journey. With help from my sister Nia, I came up with the following affirmation:

I will be loving to every creature that I meet
I will be passionate in everything that I do
I will be successful as long as I am happy
I exude pulchritude
I will live in grace
I will walk in elegance
I will cling to my spirituality
I will maintain my determination
I will heed the wisdom of my elders