Self-esteem is a person’s emotional evaluation of one’s worth. It is a judgment of one self and attitude towards a person and how the individual behaves or thinks about his/her self. Self esteem is a disposition that a person represents their judgment of worthiness.
The feelings of inferiority complex and worthlessness are wide spread today in our world. Many people today in our society think lowly about themselves. They possess little or no sense of personal worth, value or importance. Many people have been covered by poor self esteem.
Many people are covered by the oppressive image of poor self esteem. Today, especially in Africa our people think lowly of themselves. This is because of the lack of self confidence and poverty of the mind and want.
Many people today are weighed down by the feeling of uselessness and inferiority.
How do you see yourself? What picture do you have of yourself? It is important that you get it today that you cannot out shine yourself.
The picture you have about yourself will affect you either positively or negatively. It will affect your character, personality, capabilities, dreams and the way you think and even your belief. It will also dictate the degree of how you will be accepted in the society and how people will think about you.
Your present self picture or image shapes the way you think about God and how you feel he sees you.
You know yourself better than others do. So you must work on your image. You must not remain in lack of self esteem due to poor image of self and lack of confidence in life.
You need to have the right picture of yourself in life. You need to think right and act right in life. If you think low about yourself it is imprinted in you, it takes on a life of its own and we always forget that it is something we created, something that can be changed and also altered or removed.
Self image / picture is the personal picture or evaluation or the opinion of your personal worth, competence and significance in the society. Your personal evaluation influences how you act and behave in the society. It either moulds you to greatness or it diminishes your worth and value in the society.
Self image / picture is the inner mind we have, it deals with our childhood, the way we were born and the circumstances that lead to our birth. It also deals with our inheritance and our growing up.
Self picture, deals with past experiences of life, from childhood to your present state. You must rekindle your self esteem. You must think right and act right. You must shun lack of self esteem and confidence. You must believe you were born for greatness. You must come out from that shallow mentality and move on with your life. You must pick up your pieces and explore the world. The world awaits your God given talent. The world is waiting for you to explore. The world is waiting for you to make a change and motivate others. why remain in shambles? Why remain in quackery? Why kill your dreams with your subconscious mind?
The way you look at yourself and feel about yourself, is the way you eventually become.
What you see or feel about yourself will determine your relationship with others in the society.
You must control your imagination. Do not allow it kill your dreams or affect you negatively.
You will become what you continuously think of yourself. You are where you are and what you are because of the dominating thoughts in your heart.
Negative thoughts could result to rejection and depression. Negative thoughts will destroy your dreams and kill or shorten your life. It will affect you emotionally, psychologically, physically and reproduce feeling of hate in your heart. Feelings of wickedness and heartlessness because you feel the world hate you or because you feel you are not important in the society.
Build your self esteem, repackage your life. Discover who you are and what you love doing. Do not think low about yourself. You are amazing and incredible. You where created in the image of God and you where not created to be a waste. Change your mind set and work towards a greater and fulfilled life.
Prince Thomas Abi Jr.
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