Elegance

"My wisdom, my love, and my creativity are some of the ways in which I bring my elegance into life," Margaret Stortz.

Healthy self-regard is deemed by some in the mental health field to be of primary importance. The premise is that we must respect ourselves before we can respect others. That peace starts in our our hearts before being extended to others. The above quote is lovely and might be a good affirmation for any of us. As we receive less affirmation from the person with dementia because of the aspect of self absorption that seems inherent in dementia, perhaps we need to find other ways to affirm our own goodness and beauty.