Do Your Ears Hang Low?

A great commercial came on while I was on the treadmill yesterday. When I went to look for it online, it looks like it has more than a few critics. What-ever! It's great and I thought I'd share. So just check out this link. I can't figure out how to make the video post directly to my blog, and I don't have time to figure it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FowHP01j-Oo



Did you watch? And now you're going to have that great song in your head ALL DAY LONG!!! Love it! It reminds me of one of my favorite children's books. The words alone are so great (written my Karen Beaumont who wrote almost all of my favorite books!), but if you get a chance, pick up the book because the illustrations are outstanding (David Catrow....AWESOME)!



The words....

I like myself.
I'm glad I'm me.
There's no one else I'd rather be!
I like my eyes, my ears, my nose
I like my fingers and my toes!
I like me wild.
I like me tame.
I like me different and the same!
I like me fast.
I like me slow.
I like me everywhere I go.
I like me on the inside too,
for all I think and say and do.
Inside, outside, upside down.
I like it all! It all is me!
And me is all I want to be!
And I don't care in any way
what someone else may think or say.
I may be called a silly nut
or crazy cuckoo bird-so what?
I'm having too much fun, you see,
for anything to bother me!
Even when I look a mess,
I still don't like me any less,
'cause nothing in this world, you know,
can change what's deep inside, and so....
No matter if they stop and stare,
no person
ever anywhere
can make me feel that what they see
is all there really is to me.
I'd still like me with fleas or warts,
or with a silly snout that snorts.
or knobby knees or hippo hips
or purple polka-dotted lips,
or beaver breath or stinky toes
or horns protruding from my nose,
or-yikes-with spikes all down my spine,
or hair that's like a porcupine.
I STILL would be the same, you see....
I like myself because I'm ME!



It's funny how we're so hard on ourselves sometimes. Especially when we're critical of the things that we can't really change! So for today, I'm determined to NOT criticize myself at all (not even the nonverbal criticisms that take place in my head!). I'm going to try and embrace all of those quirky little things that make me who I am! Sounds cheesy, eh? But I'm also going to challenge you to do the same. I'm betting it's harder than it sounds! Wish me luck!!!