We live in a society in which we are often criticized.
We are made to feel unworthy if we are not rich, beautiful or handsome or even famous. We are also made feel that we aren’t good enough if we can’t meet certain expectations or ‘what is required’ of us.
Unfortunately, overtime the negative thoughts associated with these can embed themselves into our daily lives, harshly pushing down our self-esteem and our self-worth. More and more, I’ve noticed through news reports that this cycle especially happens to youth. And sadly, studies have revealed that negative actions done by a person’s peers during his or her youth can impact one’s self-esteem for years.
When we are young, our self-esteem can be completely broke when our peers bully us, cast us aside or make us feel as if we are not good enough. Sadly, this has prompted youth in many instances to become deeply depressed…. often to the point where they are harming themselves through cutting; killing their peers; or taking their own lives.
But, what I’ve realized is that there is a way for every one of us to stop this negative trajectory from starting, and even continuing.
It all comes down to these two notions: We must live the principle of treating each other the way that we want to be treated.
We must begin to change our personal thoughts about ourselves. Understand that it’s our thoughts that become our reality. It’s a notion that’s inevitable. Therefore, we must unswervingly begin to think highly of ourselves; to get involved in our passions to give us a sense of purpose; and to begin to love who we are.
Additionally, we need to wholeheartedly believe that we are good enough, beautiful/ handsome enough, talented enough and worthy. Ultimately, when we start to really believe in positive perceptions about ourselves, those ideas become our reality.
Williams: “When we are young, our self-esteem is often completely broke when peers bully us, cast us aside or make us feel as if we are not good enough.” (iStockphoto)
I want to leave you with 12 quotes about why we need to change our thoughts about ourselves, which inevitably allows us to love ourselves for who we are.
12 QUOTES TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHANGE YOUR PERCEPTION ABOUT YOURSELF
1. “We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.” ~Swami Vivekananda
2. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” ~Norman Vincent Peale
3. “A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.” ~Mahatma Gandhi
4. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.” ~Marcus Aurelius
5. “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” ~Willie Nelson
6. “Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.” ~Soren Kierkegaard
7. “A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.”~Wade Boggs
8. “As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” ~Henry David Thoreau
9. “If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.” ~Peace Pilgrim
10. “Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.”
~W. Clement Stone
11. “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” ~Buddha
12. “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…” ~Proverbs 23:7
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