Self Esteem

     Just be yourself; you are wonderful. This quote seems pretty straight forward, but what does it mean? To me, this reminds me to always believe in myself and have a high self esteem. Self esteem means to reflect a person's overall emotional evaluation of his or her own worth. This can come across as something that sounds easy to do, but it takes some work. However, it is worth it as self esteem is the key to success.
     How can you gain self esteem? The first step is to know yourself. To be able to know yourself, you have to let go of expectations, consider your values, and try new things. By letting go of expectations, you will be free to truly do what you want and be yourself. By considering you values, you will be able to live a life that you are proud of. By trying new things, you will know what you do and do not like to do and you will feel more open to change or new things.

You are wonderful (:
-Julia <3

Confidence

    The definition of confidence is to believe in one's abilities. However confidence has different meanings to different people. To you it may mean believing in yourself and your goals, and to another girl it may mean not caring what others think of you. 

    So why is confidence so hard to come by? We spend so much time comparing ourselves to one another, and the thing is that we are all individuals with our own strengths and weaknesses.  There's absolutely nothing wrong with being yourself. Stop comparing yourself to everyone else and find your own strengths. Above all just believe in yourself!

-Natalie :)

Leader's Meeting Inspiration

Hi everyone!  It's Annika :)

Yesterday we presented our Take Action project at the Leader's Meeting and I loved the response we got.  I was one of the girls who was talking about our project, so I was able to see the initial reaction, which was surprise accompanied by a gasp.  It was fun to see everyone so curious; it was as if you could hear them asking "Why are there balloons?" and then "What are those tags for that are attached to them?"

Anyway, I hope that everyone present enjoyed their little encouragement for the day and is excited to spread similar positivity everywhere around you.  

Feel free to leave a comment telling us a story about how your boost impacted you or how you impacted someone else.  

Now to walk you through the process in pictures:

It took us a few tries to get a good picture-the wind did not want to cooperate.

We each took a few balloons to the face in the process.

Loading up was fun...

...and a little tight.

Francesca (on the right) and I presented our project

while Julia (hidden to the left) and Natalie passed out the balloons.

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