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This is the first in an ongoing series of discussions about what it is to be worthy. By exploring this concept, I hope that you will find a new sense of perspective and perhaps the motivation to make positive changes in your life.
Why should being worthy matter to you?
Because it’s all about the very essence of who you are! What you think, what you feel, and how you look at the world is very much based on a platform of self-value and your cornerstone of worth.
Feeling worthy requires recognizing your worth to your family, friends, your community, and most importantly yourself. Too many people don’t see, or worse don’t allow themselves to feel their worth. For others, it is hard to drill down that deep.
In doing mental health treatment, it is so very sad for me to observe wonderful, beautiful, caring people going through life feeling that they don’t deserve the most basic things. How many people do you know (perhaps yourself) who can’t accept a compliment, a moment of gratitude, or even a simple gift? Also, respect, love, affection or comfort.
People have told me that being worthy is so personal, so intimately private and completely internalized that there’s no way to convey their worth (or lack of it) to someone else. Words don’t do it justice and there are no adequate means to measure it.
If you were to go on a search for your own self-worth, where would you start?
Well, I have some thoughts on how to do that.
First, in my way of thinking, YOU were born worthy. That’s an inalienable fact. You have a cornerstone of worth that was laid down at birth and as you developed, the essence of you emerged. There’s a fundamental basic dignity and decency to your existence no matter what you may or have to endure. It is important to accept and celebrate everything that you are.
No one has the right to make you feel less than the limitless person that you are. You deserve to be cared for, held, and loved. Expect to be treated with respect. Demand it, if not. Never abuse or destroy your cornerstone of worth yourself. Know that you are somebody and that you matter.
So make this your mantra: I AM, THEREFORE, I AM WORTHY.
There’s more to read on this subject in the upcoming book Being Worthy: A Step By Step Process To Discover Your Worth.
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