INSPIRATION
only the ‘good’ parts of your life for examination. All of your life has had value!
ever, is a learned skill that many people are never
taught. We are taught that we should have self-respect, but not how to get it. Too frequently the
belief is that we can earn self-respect by making
enough money, pleasing others, getting promoted,
losing weight and so forth. In actuality, the opposite is true; self-respect is the precursor to success.
So how do we learn to respect ourselves if we are
not yet, in society’s terms, beautiful, fit, talented,
or wealthy?
It is no small feat to be a surviving Human Being
in our present society. In fact, it is amazing! Nobody but you knows what your experience has
been. Gaining self-respect involves recognizing
the effort you have put into living your life, no matter your present circumstances- acknowledging all
of the time and energy you have spent struggling,
loving, hurting, suffering, discovering, working,
succeeding, failing, and feeling frustration, joy and
disappointment in order to be alive in the present
moment. Notice that there is no mention of culling
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Take obesity, for example. In today’s
society, most overweight people feel
badly about themselves because of a
perceived notion that they are somehow ‘lesser than’ because of their
weight. T