Selling myself short, I hope I’m not

I must learn not to sell myself short

Who would believe in me if I do not

Believe in myself or my abilities

How can I expect to please

Others with my work if I don’t take pride

In what I do, if I harbor doubts deep inside

How would others have confidence in me

If I do not project myself confidently?

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Validation necessarily must begin

Not from outside but within

Why did it take me so long to realize

That waiting for someone else to recognize

Was futile when I could not appreciate

My own talents, my strengths innate?

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Let me acknowledge and celebrate all that

I have worked on and I am good at

Let me give myself positive reinforcement

To be my own cheerleader is my intent