Realizing that we've surrendered our self-esteem to others and choosing to be accountable for our own self-worth would mean absorbing the terrifying fact that we're always vulnerable to pain and loss.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.
Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.
I'm a big believer in overcoming and achieving and doing things and not feeling sorry for yourself.
I still enjoy my life, and I feel like I've achieved enough things that if I never did anything again, I'd feel confident that I'd still have made my mark in some way. But maybe the self-loathing bit is the element that makes you strive for more. Makes you strive to be better.
The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.
It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.