Now, Know Your Value

Now, Know Your Value and The Risk of Self-pity and self-disapproval

These two end up killing both the body and the soul. Many people, especially the youth refuse to accept themselves, accept their parents, their learning institutions and even their friends. They never appreciate what is within their life. They don’t value themselves. They don’t value those around them. They end up having life without value.

When one fails to have self-esteem that he can make it, then he will be reluctant to try out anything because of the fear of failing. These kinds of people have already fixed their destiny; they have already concluded who they are even before they know who they are. They take all that is good in themselves and in others for granted. Ignorance makes them feel useless and empty.

Most of the people who have succeeded in life and those who can be called men and women of value are full of self-respect. They are not moved by mistreatment, not configured by their environment and they are always optimistic. It is a reality that if you think you can, you will surely manage but if you think you can’t then you will certainly not make anything out of yourself.

Love for yourself, should not depend on what you have or what you don’t have because it is purely unconditional. Unless you learn to be contented in life and being happy and joyful in what your life offers as you cultivate for more, you will always have a mood of contempt and hatred towards your own life.

Now, Know Your Value and create happiness; you don’t buy it

Remember that only God, is above you when it comes to the control of your life. People may not be willing to share their happiness with you, but God will position you where you will have it in abundance. Happiness is not found, it is created! You have to Now, Know Your Value and create yours.

Happiness is not absence of tribulations and horrible things in life; it is when you love yourself and trust that God has you in His hands-You are in His program.No one is in charge of your happiness except you. Be happy about your life and rejoice that you have a great future to experience; otherwise no one is interested in that.

Material happiness is just like a filthy, polluted river because it is a mere reflection of the TRUE happiness in the spiritual world. We can never achieve the happiness we are looking for no matter how hard we endeavor in material life. Instead we should look upwards, toward God, who is the source of real happiness, and stop chasing after the reflection of this happiness in the material world. This spiritual happiness is the only thing that can satisfy us completely.

Storm Jameson once said “Happiness comes from the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life and to be needed. The way to happiness is to keep your heart free from hate and your mind from worry”. Live simply, expect little, and give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do things the way they should be done. As the golden rule goes: Treat others the way you would like to be treated. Show respect to those who deserve and to those who don’t deserve, it from you-this makes the difference. Happiness is born when a difference is made.

Excerpt from Fashioned for Life by Samuel Kanja , Trainer,Life Coach & Author