Good stuff Jeanie. I was talking to a counsellor who spoke about the continual conversation that goes on in our heads. She said that we should listen to some of the things we are saying to ourselves and consider whether we would say it out loud to someone else about them. she thought that we rarely would. We should look at each day and see where we had done good and reflect on that rather than negative thoughts. I think your "I am good" reduces this process to a fast track to a positive view of yourself. Essentially it is what we all try to be but often lose sight of what good we do in the welter of self criticism and other problems we encounter.