I Love Being Me

It is important to love being yourself as illustrated in a Kinyarwanda saying suzi uwo ndiwe ariko nzi uwo ndiwe iyo ukiza kumenya uwo ndiwe uba uzi uwo ndiwe meaning ‘you don’t know who I am, but I know who I am myself, if you ever knew who I am, now you might know who I am’. This proverb is used to show that every person knows him/her/themselves better than anyone else.

No one is like you from your head down to your toes. All of the things people do like praying, playing, singing, running, enjoying, solving problems, thinking and expressing emotions makes you the special person that you are today. Take time to think about what you love about yourself and what you show to other people. There are many examples including: behaviour, intelligence, beauty, independence and so forth.

Time to complete: 15 minutes

Step 1: Get a pen and paper.

Step 2: Draw a picture of yourself holding a bunch of flowers. Make sure the flowers are big, so you can write inside them.

Step 3: Take a moment to think about all the attributes you like about yourself. These can be physical or personal values. For example, one of your attributes might be your kindness.

Step 4: Write down all of your attributes on the flowers you have drawn.

Step 5: Use your mobile phone to take a photo or use an audio recording app to record a description of your picture. You can upload your photos and the audio recording below.