Jul 22 2008
Mental Health Humor : Sticks And Stones
Free Mental Health Humor : Sticks and Stones -
Almost every child has heard the old saying “Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.” I’m not sure if this is just an American expression or if other countries have their own saying like it. If there is, please feel free to comment about it.
Well, Monday’s post kind of focused on my writing and grammar issues. Now, I really did appreciate the comments I got about it. So, thank you very much. But what you don’t see is my real writing. See every thing I post here is meticulously edited by my wife. She is the type that loves to find typos too… Still, unless you are a VIP Today.com blogger, you might not really see what I’m talking. So, feel lucky you won’t need to have a decoder ring to read this.
Really makes you think about what we are talking about when we allow stuff like this to affect us? It’s about our own self-worth. For years, I limited myself because I thought I was stupid. I turned down jobs because I would have to read and write and I never wanted anyone to see how bad it was. This fed into my already crumbling self esteem…
How important is our view of our self-worth?
“Self-Worth and Depreciation
Self-worth is frequently based on our feelings of worth in terms of our skills, achievements, status, financial resources, or physical attributes. This kind of self-esteem or self-worth often cultivates an independent and arrogant attitude. When we find ourselves not measuring up to society’s criteria for worth, we suffer serious consequences.”
Self-worth and self-esteem is like a beautiful, stained glass window. It can be admired by all but it is fragile. All it takes is a few sticks or stones to bring it crumbling down! How do we protect it? Well, I will leave this for you to answer… How do you maintain your self-worth?
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Well Said Ken! I just had a WRAP training a few weeks back. Some of what your talking about was part of the wellness tool box.