[lisamelinda]

SimonaRich: I have one problem with affirmations. Don't they involve lying to yourself? I want to be fully aligned with truth, love and power and affirmations seem to be aligned with falsehood.

no no i don't agree! when you think about it, aren't you telling yourself 'lies' most of the time. you immediately assume you will mess up in a social situation. is that the truth, or a falsehood? i think affirmations are great, you don't have to say you have lots of friends, but you could say something like 'people like me for who i am', 'i am becoming more confident', or 'i am loving, and people find me loveable', or whatever. it does help! go in with the right attitude! and when you love yourself and think wow, i'm actually an interesting person, then other people will respond to that rather than to someone who is too scared to be themselves. and believe me, i am also dealing with a very steep learning curve!