Wow, I hadn’t thought to separate the two: self-esteem & self-worth, and honestly even “self-love” for a while were interchangeable with the other two that I’ve begun to see where credence was most given to. I absolutely love this post, because I think it’s a healthier way to operate in our world, rather than assuming our worth amounts to a “social credit score”, that I feel only appeals to surface-level and conditional matters, and even weakens as a lot of times those scores are without context as similarly mentioned in your post on how it’s dependent upon more information to come to such a judgement.
It’s like what you’re illustrating is a basic constitution that we mostly maintain by ensuring those values are not only in our awareness but speak to the deeper aspects of who we are, how we show up in the world, and the kinds of work we’d find ourselves doing. That doesn’t have anything to do with other people, especially their approval - and I’ve always wondered, where does our baseline respect lie and how should it be honored? This post seems to have answered that question for me.
Thank you for another wonderful piece, it certainly is given me a lot to think about that even this comment barely scratches the surface of the revelations I’ve received.
There is so much wonderful thoughts in this post. I see others as being someone's loved daughter, parent, grandparent etc. because healthy relationships are what give me the endurance to transverse the landscapes of life.
Wow, I hadn’t thought to separate the two: self-esteem & self-worth, and honestly even “self-love” for a while were interchangeable with the other two that I’ve begun to see where credence was most given to. I absolutely love this post, because I think it’s a healthier way to operate in our world, rather than assuming our worth amounts to a “social credit score”, that I feel only appeals to surface-level and conditional matters, and even weakens as a lot of times those scores are without context as similarly mentioned in your post on how it’s dependent upon more information to come to such a judgement.
It’s like what you’re illustrating is a basic constitution that we mostly maintain by ensuring those values are not only in our awareness but speak to the deeper aspects of who we are, how we show up in the world, and the kinds of work we’d find ourselves doing. That doesn’t have anything to do with other people, especially their approval - and I’ve always wondered, where does our baseline respect lie and how should it be honored? This post seems to have answered that question for me.
Thank you for another wonderful piece, it certainly is given me a lot to think about that even this comment barely scratches the surface of the revelations I’ve received.
Thank you you so much for this wonderful, well-thought out comment. The way you relate to/work with my posts is a gift in and of itself. ❤❤❤
There is so much wonderful thoughts in this post. I see others as being someone's loved daughter, parent, grandparent etc. because healthy relationships are what give me the endurance to transverse the landscapes of life.