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It Is True That People Are Sometimes Hit By Adversities Beyond Their Control. But Those So Affected Are Better Helped When They Are Awakened To The Resources They Do Possess Than When They Are Told They Don't Have Any.

Self-esteem Is A Powerful Force Within Each Of Us... Self-esteem Is The Experience That We Are Appropriate To Life And To The Requirements Of Life.

Some People Have A View Of Self And Of The Universe That Obliges Them To Struggle For Happiness, To Yearn For Happiness-"some Time In The Future"-perhaps Next Year Or The Year After That. But Not Now. Not At This Moment. Not Here. Here And Now Is Too Terrifyingly Close, Too Terrifyingly Immediate. They Suffer From Happiness Anxiety.

To Preserve An Unclouded Capacity For The Enjoyment Of Life Is An Unusual Moral And Psychological Achievement. Contrary To Popular Belief, It Is Not The Prerogative Of Mindlessness, But The Exact Opposite: It Is The Reward Of Self-esteem.

Integrity Is The Integration Of Ideals, Convictions, Standards, Beliefs-and Behavior. When Our Behavior Is Congruent With Our Professed Values, When Ideals And Practice Match Up, We Have Integrity.