Loving Yourself

The best way to rebuild self worth and in the process your self esteem is to love yourself and become your own best friend.

In order to do this, it very helpful if you first truly forgive. Once you have truly forgiven everyone in your life, including yourself, you are free to truly move forward and create a new destiny for yourself.

Remember, the world in which we live reflects back to us how much we value ourselves. You can be the best artist, the best writer, the best engineer, the best mother--you can be absolute great at something, and yet receive no appreciation from anyone. Because the world will not honor you, until you first honor yourself. Many of us have been taught not to honor ourselves.

Whoever you are, you would probably hear statements like these in your life: “You’re not good enough. You’re not smart enough. You’re too smart for your own good. You’re too ugly…or too pretty. You’re too fat…you’re too thin…You’re lazy…you try too hard.”

So depending on your environment and how often this happens to you, among other factors, most of us grow up not valuing ourselves. Even those who put on a good show, and act confident are often putting on a front to gain approval. They usually listen to others first, and themselves last.

This is one reason many people never accomplish their dreams. Of course, there are varying degrees of these feelings of worthlessness. Some people still manage to have a descent life, although many feel as though they are “imposters.” Some, who have been destroyed, just can’t wait to die. No matter where you are in your life, it is possible to change this.

So…where do we start? One of the best places to start is to value who you are, right now, by loving yourself. God already loves you, do you?