What Is The Definition Of Self-esteem?
You likely have an idea of a self-esteem definition
. A definition of self-esteem could be anything describing feeling bad, or good, about yourself.
However, one of the main causes of feeling not good enough in my experience is a lack of self acceptance.
Reading and understanding a self-esteem definition won't get you higher self-esteem, however you are searching because at the moment you don't like your whole self and we have to start somewhere.
By the time you finish this article I will have shared with you my simple definition of self-esteem.
As usual when people are faced with a problem they turn to their intellect and try and solve it like it was a puzzle or crossword. Words can often reach inside and grab us and make the complicated simple. From that point on you know the issue and even though it might come through intellect, that understanding can open doors for you and lead you to a transformation.
Just like poetry can reflect your truth back to you, so can a well worded quote or definition.
I like to keep away from language and words that sound OK when put together but in reality don't point you towards taking control of your experience of life.
Once such self-esteem definition might be...
'A feeling of self worth, self confidence, and self respect.'
Sounds OK but doesn't have anything new for you.
Or try...
'How you feel about yourself - how you feel about who you are, the way you act, and how you look.'
Again, doesn't say anything to answer the question 'what is self-esteem?'
So what is a more useful definition?
Remember that no one sentence or quote can capture the essence of a human experience, however I would like to hopefully simplify your thoughts and give your mind something to grasp hold of...
Self-esteem is a reflection of the completeness of your acceptance of your human experience.
Think about a condition that has an obvious scale such as temperature. Temperature can be cold or it can be hot, or it can be anywhere along that scale.
This is a more accurate way of thinking than the normal way that hot is the opposite of cold. We call it opposite but it really is a scale.
So using the same analogy, if we called self-esteem the scale and labeled the bottom of the scale 'denial of your human experience' and labeled the top 'acceptance of your human experience' we might have a self-esteem definition that not only tells you what a cause maybe, but also what you can do to improve self-esteem, i.e work on accepting yourself as you are.
by: Glenn Smith
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