Decide To View Yourself as 10 out of 10
If you feel that you are not yet able to internalize the Torah awareness of your TRUE value, at least decide to view yourself as a "10 out of 10" ~ the tops! Why? Because you decided to, that's why. After all, there's no law that says you can't.
Imagine the following scenario: A young fellow walks by and we ask him what his self-image is. He says, "I'm 10 out of 10" We are interested in hearing more about his life history. A dismal picture of one failure after another emerges; He never even graduated elementary school, he has never held a steady job, and is penniless; he lacks even basic social skills and has no close friends; his appearance is unkempt. Why, we wonder in amazement, does this ne'er-do-well think he deserves a 10! The only thing going for him is that he is a basically good person and seems happy to be alive.
We ask this apparent failure, "How can you view yourself as a 10 out of 10 when you are not intelligent and don't know very much?" He replies, "Yes, I am lacking in this are, but my total value as a person is a 10 out of 10."
"But you don't have money," we probe further.
"True, I am poor. That is my financial situation. But my self-image is dependent on how I view myself and I view myself as a 10 out of 10."
"But you aren't popular or handsome," we insist.
"You're right, but those are only technical problems. My value as a person is what I decide it will be, and I've decided it is 10 out of 10. After all, why in the world should I decide that I am any less than that? Sure, I would like to have more knowledge, more money, more friends, better looks and so on. But even before I figure out a way to do this, I will maintain my decision to view myself as a 10 out of 10."
Most of us have encountered people whom we might see as less than resounding success in may areas, yet they seem to have high levels of self-esteem. The secret is: Self-image is how we decide to view ourselves.
As children, we were given messages, both subtle and not so subtle, about our self-worth ~ from our parent, siblings, teachers and fellow students, friends and relatives. Some of those messages were positive ones while others were negative. We weren't old enough to winnow out the negative ones, and we took them all in, more or less, at face value. We believed these messages to be the total reality. Now that we are more mature, we can reevaluate our old conclusions and decide for ourselves who we REALLY are.
Choose Torah outlook of WHO you are. You are created in the image of the Creator, you are a child of our Father, our King, and the entire world was created for you! Make the decision to view yourself as a 10 out of 10 ~ because that's what you REALLY are.
The decision is in your hands.
Decide To View Yourself as 10 out of 10
If you feel that you are not yet able to internalize the Torah awareness of your TRUE value, at least decide to view yourself as a "10 out of 10" ~ the tops! Why? Because you decided to, that's why. After all, there's no law that says you can't.
Imagine the following scenario: A young fellow walks by and we ask him what his self-image is. He says, "I'm 10 out of 10" We are interested in hearing more about his life history. A dismal picture of one failure after another emerges; He never even graduated elementary school, he has never held a steady job, and is penniless; he lacks even basic social skills and has no close friends; his appearance is unkempt. Why, we wonder in amazement, does this ne'er-do-well think he deserves a 10! The only thing going for him is that he is a basically good person and seems happy to be alive.
We ask this apparent failure, "How can you view yourself as a 10 out of 10 when you are not intelligent and don't know very much?" He replies, "Yes, I am lacking in this are, but my total value as a person is a 10 out of 10."
"But you don't have money," we probe further.
"True, I am poor. That is my financial situation. But my self-image is dependent on how I view myself and I view myself as a 10 out of 10."
"But you aren't popular or handsome," we insist.
"You're right, but those are only technical problems. My value as a person is what I decide it will be, and I've decided it is 10 out of 10. After all, why in the world should I decide that I am any less than that? Sure, I would like to have more knowledge, more money, more friends, better looks and so on. But even before I figure out a way to do this, I will maintain my decision to view myself as a 10 out of 10."
Most of us have encountered people whom we might see as less than resounding success in may areas, yet they seem to have high levels of self-esteem. The secret is: Self-image is how we decide to view ourselves.
As children, we were given messages, both subtle and not so subtle, about our self-worth ~ from our parent, siblings, teachers and fellow students, friends and relatives. Some of those messages were positive ones while others were negative. We weren't old enough to winnow out the negative ones, and we took them all in, more or less, at face value. We believed these messages to be the total reality. Now that we are more mature, we can reevaluate our old conclusions and decide for ourselves who we REALLY are.
Choose Torah outlook of WHO you are. You are created in the image of the Creator, you are a child of our Father, our King, and the entire world was created for you! Make the decision to view yourself as a 10 out of 10 ~ because that's what you REALLY are.
The decision is in your hands.
