I agree Jerry, that is such good advice that you gave to your son. The wonderful thing is that, no matter how much we may have limited ourselves in the past, no matter how deeply entrenched that negative view of ourselves may be, every moment brings an opportunity to reverse it: to open the door, to take the step, to set the circle in motion in the opposite direction - for ourselves and by helping others to really see their true selves, rather than their self-restricted view. I always loved the mission statement of the school I used to teach at, where my daughter is now a pupil: "The aim of all our teaching is to take the pupils where they did not know they could go."

I agree with you, too, that this has to be viewed as an ongoing lifelong process, moment by moment by moment.

I said I would come back to that statement "I am good",