A declaration Of Self Esteem

In this World, you'll be amazed at how many people esteem themselves lightly. They probably think very highly of other people, but not just so much about their own selves. Sounds strange, even unlikely, right? More people suffer from low self esteem than you know. Psychologists even say the popular 'selfie' trend sweeping the World today is a symptom of low self esteem.

I like this declaration of self esteem written by Virginia Satir. However, rather than end with "I am okay", I'd rather say "I am way better than okay, I am simply wow!" That voice in your head that tells you that you are not good enough, burn it!

I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it. I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes.  

Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know, but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me.  

However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought, and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me. I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.

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