All the problems you have in your life boils down to the single point.
Your self-esteem.
If you have it in abundance, you’ll be able to overcome anything. No adversities will prevent you from having a fulfilling life. I’m not saying you’ll live long (though you probably will, if that’s what you want) or you’ll get rich (though you probably will, if that’s what you want). But you’ll be successful in life. On your death bed, you’ll look back at your life and be at peace.
But if you have a faulty self-esteem, you’re going to encounter problems. Low self-esteem prevents you from realizing your potential, as you can’t believe in it. Low self-esteem prevents you from having good relationships, because you don’t know that you deserve it. Low self-esteem keeps you from true affluence, because you don’t think you can have it that good. Low self-esteem stifles your happiness, because you can’t be happy with something you’re not confident in.
So let’s look at how self-esteem works.
Self-Esteem Defined
What is self-esteem? It’s hard to know if you’ve never had a lot of it.
Indeed, there are several facets to it. Self-esteem is a belief, in 3 levels. A belief that:
1. You deserve to exist. This is the bottom, very fundamental core.
2. You are competent. At the next level, you believe in your general ability to handle life and its unpredictable events.
3. You deserve affluence. The highest level of self-esteem goes beyond your ability, and trusts the world at large around you (or god) to provide for your needs. You deserve a great spouse. You deserve a perfect job. You deserve a big house. These are things that you have influence on, but cannot necessarily create by yourself. You need help, or luck, from the world-at-large — and you trust that that help will come when you need it.
Though the word “belief” suggests that self-esteem is a conscious thought, but it actually goes deeper than that. Self-esteem is innate, a state of being that is the default mode when we are born. From the very start of life, we start out with “full” esteem.
Think of about a baby in a womb. It is easy to see how it satisfies all the three qualities above. Your mother’s body is naturally set up to provide for your every need. Your only task is to grow — and I’m not just talking in multiplying your cell counts. We know that babies move in the womb, testing out various physical abilities, experimenting. They are paying attention to what’s going on outside, receiving signals from the mother. And fundamentally, they know they deserve to exist — because they do exist. Nothing in their whole world, which the womb is, suggests otherwise. All the systems are wired and working together to affirm and sustain their existence. Their cells are nourished and vibrant with life’s energy. We are born with full esteem.
Esteem is a sense of well-being, and a trust in that sense. It permeates through all levels of our consciousness, from the cognitive thoughts we are aware of, to the subconscious depth, the foundation of our psyche, which tells our body to go on functioning.
Read the entire article here
http://ourbestversion.com/2008/07/low-self-esteem-is-the-root-of-all-problems/
Your self-esteem.
If you have it in abundance, you’ll be able to overcome anything. No adversities will prevent you from having a fulfilling life. I’m not saying you’ll live long (though you probably will, if that’s what you want) or you’ll get rich (though you probably will, if that’s what you want). But you’ll be successful in life. On your death bed, you’ll look back at your life and be at peace.
But if you have a faulty self-esteem, you’re going to encounter problems. Low self-esteem prevents you from realizing your potential, as you can’t believe in it. Low self-esteem prevents you from having good relationships, because you don’t know that you deserve it. Low self-esteem keeps you from true affluence, because you don’t think you can have it that good. Low self-esteem stifles your happiness, because you can’t be happy with something you’re not confident in.
So let’s look at how self-esteem works.
Self-Esteem Defined
What is self-esteem? It’s hard to know if you’ve never had a lot of it.
Indeed, there are several facets to it. Self-esteem is a belief, in 3 levels. A belief that:
1. You deserve to exist. This is the bottom, very fundamental core.
2. You are competent. At the next level, you believe in your general ability to handle life and its unpredictable events.
3. You deserve affluence. The highest level of self-esteem goes beyond your ability, and trusts the world at large around you (or god) to provide for your needs. You deserve a great spouse. You deserve a perfect job. You deserve a big house. These are things that you have influence on, but cannot necessarily create by yourself. You need help, or luck, from the world-at-large — and you trust that that help will come when you need it.
Though the word “belief” suggests that self-esteem is a conscious thought, but it actually goes deeper than that. Self-esteem is innate, a state of being that is the default mode when we are born. From the very start of life, we start out with “full” esteem.
Think of about a baby in a womb. It is easy to see how it satisfies all the three qualities above. Your mother’s body is naturally set up to provide for your every need. Your only task is to grow — and I’m not just talking in multiplying your cell counts. We know that babies move in the womb, testing out various physical abilities, experimenting. They are paying attention to what’s going on outside, receiving signals from the mother. And fundamentally, they know they deserve to exist — because they do exist. Nothing in their whole world, which the womb is, suggests otherwise. All the systems are wired and working together to affirm and sustain their existence. Their cells are nourished and vibrant with life’s energy. We are born with full esteem.
Esteem is a sense of well-being, and a trust in that sense. It permeates through all levels of our consciousness, from the cognitive thoughts we are aware of, to the subconscious depth, the foundation of our psyche, which tells our body to go on functioning.
Read the entire article here
http://ourbestversion.com/2008/07/low-self-esteem-is-the-root-of-all-problems/
