Have you lost the excitement in your life? Do you look forward to everyday, expecting something good to happen? You might think that more money, a new job, a new mate, a new location, or a new house would bring the excitement and joy back into your life. I must tell you from experience and observation that all those things will not fill the void and can only serve as temporary fixes. When a person’s freedom is taken away by the burden of things, people, and bills, freedom and peace can become more treasured than money and possessions. Where did we go wrong, why do we not have freedom classes from grade school through college? We need classes to teach us that our self-worth is cultivated from the inside, not from the things we possess on the outside. Yet we continue to get our self-esteem from outside possessions, even from our exterior appearance.
Confidence and self-esteem are not things you have to tell anyone you have, and it is not given to us by others. Sure, we say that another person can build our self-esteem and boost our confidence, and this is true. However, just as a car battery receives a boost from another battery, if it is not able to continue to generate its own power, it will need a boost every time the engine is needed. The self-esteem and confidence of some of us is so low that we may need a new battery. Nonetheless, it is possible to get the charge you need to get going. If you find yourself in the company of, or talking with, negative thinking and critical people, their negativity will drain your battery and lower your confidence. Talk to and associate with positive people who do not mind sharing. Soon you will find yourself in a more positive frame of mind. However, please don’t stay long enough to drain their battery. Get your charge and get going, because moving forward is the only way to keep your battery charged and make you strong enough to charge the battery of others.
The lack of self-esteem and self-confidence is a major problem in youth and adults. Because of the environment and culture in which many are born, their self-esteem has been robbed from them before they enter this world, or shortly thereafter. Whenever you have a chance, give a word of encouragement to someone. Complement someone. Do something nice for someone. Let someone do something nice for you. Speak positive things whenever possible. In doing this, we help others and ourselves, because who wants a world full of negative people. In order to discipline ourselves for success, we must develop a new outlook on life. Perhaps a trip to the mirror with a conversation about who you are, why you are here, and what you want to do while you are here, may make a difference in the way you approach each day. Although we can value or devalue someone, our value does not come from others, it comes from God. The same is true for the billions of people that live on our planet. As your face shines with an assurance of your value, you will recognize the value in others and add value to their lives.