My friend, do you know what Self-acceptance is? If you don't know what self acceptance is you can't understand Self-esteem is because there's more to Self-esteem than what's in a dictionary.
My father tells me often,
"Never forget who you are, ever"
(albeit said in yoruba).
As a person with a young and wild mind I used to think this had to do with; don't join bad gangs, keep good company, blah blah blah.
But I grew older and I realized that the saying had a wider scope attached to it.
You see, as we change our environments, company, hobbies and many other things that influence our lives, We forget our origins. We forget what we used to be, we try to copy other ppl, we try to copy our friends decisions. We try to see things from another person's perspective.
This is a double-edged sword, it works for and against us, adopting new lifestyles makes us forget who we are and what we used to be.
This is bad especially if what we're changing into, is more to our detriment, we copy what we see unconsciously and no matter how much better we are than what we see, We copy it anyway and ignore our potentials and true self.
We forget what we're capable of in the end,
This is lack of self-acceptance, What we don't know is if we accept who we really are without allowing full dominance of foreign lifestyle, we will always end up better than the mindless crowd that copys everything they see like a primitive monkey.
The moment you accept who and what you are, Is the first step to achieving optimum Self-esteem, the moment you know your strengths and capitalize on it, you become better for yourself and everyother you influence.
Yes, everyone has their weakness, but if you discover this weakness before anyone does, they won't be able to use it against you.
I'll end with this, keep in mind that if you don't accept who you are, no one would give your presence acknowledgement, they'll only see you as just another copycat monkey.
Self-acceptance is just another step to build confidence.
My father tells me often,
"Never forget who you are, ever"
(albeit said in yoruba).
As a person with a young and wild mind I used to think this had to do with; don't join bad gangs, keep good company, blah blah blah.
But I grew older and I realized that the saying had a wider scope attached to it.
You see, as we change our environments, company, hobbies and many other things that influence our lives, We forget our origins. We forget what we used to be, we try to copy other ppl, we try to copy our friends decisions. We try to see things from another person's perspective.
This is a double-edged sword, it works for and against us, adopting new lifestyles makes us forget who we are and what we used to be.
This is bad especially if what we're changing into, is more to our detriment, we copy what we see unconsciously and no matter how much better we are than what we see, We copy it anyway and ignore our potentials and true self.
We forget what we're capable of in the end,
This is lack of self-acceptance, What we don't know is if we accept who we really are without allowing full dominance of foreign lifestyle, we will always end up better than the mindless crowd that copys everything they see like a primitive monkey.
The moment you accept who and what you are, Is the first step to achieving optimum Self-esteem, the moment you know your strengths and capitalize on it, you become better for yourself and everyother you influence.
Yes, everyone has their weakness, but if you discover this weakness before anyone does, they won't be able to use it against you.
I'll end with this, keep in mind that if you don't accept who you are, no one would give your presence acknowledgement, they'll only see you as just another copycat monkey.
Self-acceptance is just another step to build confidence.
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