What Are You?

I have never understood self-esteem - it's always eluded me why we should all just "feel good" about ourselves. I know the truth - that God really does want me to feel good about who I am because He made me and loves me, but still, I have always needed reasons why I should feel good about who I am. When my husband and I first got married, I would often ask him, for fun, why he loved me. He would say, "Because I said I would! I love you!" I would think it was sweet, but feel frustrated at the same time. Only within the last few years have we understood that the root of my frustration was that I needed reasons for why he felt love for me. What had I done that day that made him feel that he loved me? I have a much better sense of self-worth than self-esteem, and once I realized that that goes with my personality (I'm a Gold/Orange according to True Colors, introduced to me by my mother-in-law!) I've been much more able to accept that. So, that said, yesterday I finished a poem I've been working on for several days. I e-mailed it to my husband, and he wrote back a few words that were so precious to me. He wrote, "You are a poet!" I will definitely be re-reading that little line from him when I have doubts about my capabilities as a writer. I think sometimes we need people around us to say, "You are _____!" I know I do, and I'm wondering - what are you? What positive thing has some one said about you that changed how you thought of yourself?