My Happiness, Success and Well-being only comes from one person...and that is me.

I now realize that my happiness, success and well-being only comes from one person...and that is me.

By not seeking approval outside myself, I now realize that I already have it. I am the source of my own approval. I am that which I seek.

I, alone, determine my worth and I allow others to determine their own worth.

I am willing to release the need to gain approval from others, even those in positions of authority. I choose not to manipulate their perception of me and allow myself to be who I truly am in their presence.

Anxiously focusing on others' approval or disapproval allows me only to be absent from myself. I choose to be present and honor my thoughts and feelings for the highest good of all involved.

I now define my own success. No one can give it to me, no one can take it from me.

I choose to look beyond ego in others and to become aware of the spirit in us that is constantly connected.

Today, I choose to listen to understand, instead of pretending to be interested in order to impress. I choose to be present for myself and for others.