I did not write this but wanted to pass along these words of wisdom.

To Honor The Self Is....
To Honor the self is to think, to be aware, to send the searchlight of consciousness outward toward the world and inward toward our own being
To be willing to think independently, to live by our own mind, and to have the courage of our own perceptions and judgments
To be willing to know not only what we think but also what we feel, what we want, need, desire, suffer over, are frightened or angered by-and to accept our right to experience such feelings.
To preserve an attitude of self-acceptance-to accept what we are, without self oppression or self castigation, without any pretense about the truth of our own being, pretense aimed at deceiving either our self or anyone else.
To live authentically, to speak and act from our innermost convictions and feelings
To refuse to accept unearned guilt and to do our best to correct such guilt as we may have earned.
To be committed to our right to exist, which proceeds from the knowledge that our life does not belong to others and that we are not here on earth to live up to someone elses expectations
To be in love with our own life, in love with our possibilities for growth and for experiencing joy, in love with the process of discovery and with exploring our distinctively human potentialities.