Chapter 26: See the Good in Yourself
One early spring day, I was cleaning the winter off of some outside window panes when I heard someone singing in Spanish. Our neighbor had a construction worker repairing their chimney and he, with earbuds in his ears, was singing along to the radio with gusto: “Me llamo Victor. Soy guapo; soy muy, muy, muy, muy guapo.” I speak enough Spanish to understand and mentally translated: “I call myself Victor. I'm handsome, very, very, very, very handsome.” When the song finished, he yelled: “Soy guapo; soy inteligente (I am smart); soy simpático (I am nice); soy fuerte (I am strong.) Richard, my husband, is another person who sees good in the world beginning with himself. After he mows the lawn, he looks out the window many times in the next few days, smiling and enjoying how good the lawn looks. He is also an artist and follows the same pattern. After he completes a painting, he puts it on an easel in the l...