It is Your Choice

As we get older, we need
 to realize that
We have a choice about
how we're going to
respond to the messages
from other people
Remember that
" no one can make you feel
inferior without your consent."

It would follow, then,
that no one can make you
feel  " anything " 
without your consent
It is what we believe
About ourselves that counts
Whether we were treated
Rightly or wrongly as children
Our self esteem is now
 our responsibility

We can't feel good if
our heads are
full of negative thoughts
If we 're treating others
with respect
Being honest and
achieving something
With our lives then
we need to give
ourselves credit

It's healthy to develop
 a good attitude
about ourselves
we have to remember
 attitude is a choice ---- the
most important one
 you'll ever make
Self esteem is the reputation
You have with yourself

The body needs nutrition
and exercise  ----  so
do , the mind and spirit
Mind , body and spirit act
in concert to
determine health and well being
Life is a balancing act


Life is difficult
This is a great truth,
one of the greatest truths
And journey to spiritual growth
is long one
Once it is accepted
The fact that life is difficult
It no longer matters
Life is a series of problems
Do we want to moan about
 them or solve them

Discipline is the basic set of
Tools we require to solve
Life's problems
Without discipline we can
Solve nothing
Life is suffering
With only some discipline
we can solve
Some problems
With total discipline
we can solve
All problems


Problems, depending
upon their nature
Evoke in us frustration, 
grief, sadness
Guilt and regret or
Anger, fear and anxiety
or loneliness
These are very
uncomfortable feelings
Often as painful as any kind of
Physical pain
sometimes equaling the
Very worst kind of physical pain



Self esteem is that 
deep  --  down
Inside the skin feeling
 you have of
Your own self worth
It isn't something
 another person
can give to us
It is how we truly feel
 about ourselves
Even when no one else
is around
By itself, the word esteem means

" to appreciate the worth of, to hold
in high regard to have genuine respect "


Self esteem is really
self respect
It is how we genuinely feel 
about ourselves
Regardless of what others say
We can feel good about
ourselves when
Our behavior is positive
Development of personal
 character is
Both a choice and
responsibility

Other people may help
 or hinder but
We build our own 
character and with it
We determine our level
 of self esteem
It is strictly an inside job