Self Esteem

Self esteem is the foundation of our self confidence and self motivation.

Self esteem is how we feel about ourselves at any given moment. Almost everyone of us has been taught to build our self esteem on the wrong foundations. We build it on something external instead of something internal. We are taught to connect it to our position, material possessions and pay, and by how much regard we receive from others. This is why we very rarely meet people who have rock solid self esteem.

Most of us learn how to hide our delicate self-esteem. Finally the disguise (cover up) tires us completely and we surrender to the tension.

Each and every one of us will have to go back to school to learn this inner lesson and find our true inner strength. Life gives us many signals and offers many opportunities to do this, but most of us either avoid the message or shoot the messenger, preferring to live with the tension and keep up the deception (cover up).

Everybody has got importance. Always identify our strengths and use it positively. Find out our weakness and try to improve ourselves. Always be confident in life. Life is a TEACHER and we, human beings, are always the students!!!

Introducing Your Self

At least once a day, you have to introduce yourself to someone new. But how do you describe yourself to others? Do you have a clear and accurate
understanding of who you are?

Our personal identity is not what we see in the mirror, or what we do at work, or where we live or what we believe. They are all the result of wrongly learning to build our self-image around only the physical things in life. We are the conscious beings which bring to life the mix of five elements we call our body. We often separate these two energies in our conversations when we use terms like – human and being, matter and mind, body and soul. It is when we mistakenly identify ourselves with something that we are not, that all our problems begin!

Our self-definition is how we may choose to describe ourselves at any given moment, e.g. "I am a peaceful person", or "I am not a very good communicator" or “I’m the kind of person who always worries”. Our self-definition changes according to our mood and perhaps the situation. Our part is absolutely unique. In one sense our whole life is our part, which can never be taken by anyone else, whereas, we play many roles. In fact, we can choose the roles we play throughout our life as we get to write our own script… if we want to.

So there is a difference between identity, definition, part and role, and being clear about that difference will help you find a deeper sense of purpose in your life, free you from a great deal of stress and make your decisions easier.

(Thanks Mr Gopalji for Article )