The reality check around our lovability: Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable. The reality check around our divinity: No person is ordained to judge our divinity or to write the story of our spiritual worthiness. The reality check around our creativity: Just because we didn’t measure up to some standard of achievement doesn’t mean that we don’t possess gifts and talents that only we can bring to the world. And just because someone failed to see the value in what we can create or achieve doesn’t change its worth or ours.

