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The Highest Compliment One Can Be Paid By Another Human Being Is To Be Told: 'because Of What You Are, You Are Essential To My Happiness.'

There Is Overwhelming Evidence That The Higher The Level Of Self-esteem, The More Likely One Will Be To Treat Others With Respect, Kindness, And Generosity.

If My Aim Is To Prove I Am 'enough,' The Project Goes On To Infinity-because The Battle Was Already Lost On The Day I Conceded The Issue Was Debatable.

Stressing The Practice Of Living Purposefully As Essential To Fully Realized Self-esteem Is Not Equivalent To Measuring An Individual's Worth By His Or Her External Achievements. We Admire Achievements-in Ourselves And Others-and It Is Natural And Appropriate For Us To Do So. But That Is Not The Same Thing As Saying That Our Achievements Are The Measure Or Grounds Of Our Self-esteem. The Root Of Our Self-esteem Is Not Our Achievements But Those Internally Generated Practices That, Among Other Things, Make It Possible For Us To Achieve.

How Do We Nurture The Soul? By Revering Our Own Life. By Learning To Love It All, Not Only The Joys And The Victories, But Also The Pain And The Struggles.