The danger in committing yourself to people-pleasing, or the search of acceptance by others, is that along the way you will inevitably lose yourself. Don’t lose your real self in the search for acceptance by others; instead, discover your real self in the search of self-acceptance. It is when we finally come to a point that we are okay with being who we are that we can finally see who it is that we are meant to be to others. The next time you catch yourself on a people-pleasing renegade, stop and ask yourself what you are actually trying to do? . Are you pleasing others because you love them and want to live with a servant’s heart, or are your actions a sugar-coated search for acceptance by others? If you have lost yourself in the search of acceptance by others, don’t lose heart; what is lost can always be found again if you put forth enough effort and soul-searching. You have yourself (self esteem, confidence, expertise, proficiency, etc..), and the respect and esteem that is received from other people (recognition, acceptance, etc..). The healthiest expression of appreciation in the respect that I deserve to others, rather than the fame, celebrity and adulation. Few see what we are but all are what we seem. Every human being, without exception, by the mere fact of being, worthy of the unconditional respect of others and of himself estimated worth itself and that he deems. . Self-Acceptance: The ability of the human being accepted as it really is, in the physical, psychological and social, to accept what his conduct with himself and others. You acknowledge and recognize all parts of himself as a fact, as a way of being and feeling. Building self-esteem is to expand the capacity for happiness, self-esteem can be convinced to deserve happiness.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 07:43:16 +0000