We Must Become What We Wish To

The More You Surrender To The Fear Of Someone's Disapproval, The More You Lose Face In Your Own Eyes, And The More Desperate You Become For Someone's Approval. Within You Is A Void That Should Have Been Filled By Self-esteem. When You Attempt To Fill It With The Approval Of Others Instead, The Void Grows Deeper And The Hunger For Acceptance And Approval Grows Stronger. The Only Solution Is To Summon The Courage To Honor Your Own Judgment, Frightening Though That May Be In The Beginning.

It Is A Mistake To Look At Someone Who Is Self Assertive And Say, "it's Easy For Her, She Has Good Self-esteem." One Of The Ways You Build Self-esteem Is By Being Self-assertive When It Is Not Easy To Do So. There Are Always Times When Self-assertiven Ess Requires Courage, No Matter How High Your Self-esteem.

When People Are Not Accepting Toward Themselves They Are Often Obsessed With Acceptance By Others.

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.

One Of The Characteristics Of Love Relationships That Flower Is A Relatively High Degree Of Mutual Self-disclosure - A Willingness To Let Our Partner Enter Into The Interior Of Our Private World And A Genuine Interest In The Private World Of That Partner. Couples In Love Tend To Show More Of Themselves To Each Other Than To Any Other Person.