الله
There is a certain cry a child makes that would cause a mother to drop all she is doing to run to see if her child is okay. Thus, in relation to God there is a specific cry from the heart, we don’t make rather it flows from us to Him, that will call Him to our desperation, our confusion. The devil knows this, so he will do anything to stop us from calling unto Him, crying to Him, for he knows that a single sigh that falls from the believers lips is a call that will echo endlessly throughout all the heavens. So, don’t shy away from the One who created you, reach for Him and He will be by your side before you even have the chance to check.
" Your self-esteem is like a garden – it isn’t naturally amazing all by itself, it needs constant work put in to maintain it. Positive thoughts and attitudes about yourself need to be cultivated, whilst negativity and doubt need to be weeded out whenever they creep in…
Some people don’t feel confident enough to attempt to weed out their own self-loathing… instead they prefer someone else to do the hard work of promoting self-love and eradicating their self-defeating attitudes … But the downfall of that is if that person ever leaves, you’re left alone with all the messy thoughts in your head and no skills to cope with them all. The idea of self-esteem is quite literally what the word suggests – to hold yourself in high esteem… But if you constantly rely on someone else’s opinion of you to respect and love yourself it’s not really self-esteem – it’s just you respecting someone else’s opinion of you.
True self esteem centers around one person – you. It relies on you to see your own strengths and positive attributes, to improve upon your weaknesses where you can and to accept the things about yourself you cannot change. It’s about your mindset and the way you see yourself…. The way other people see you is a great starting point, but don’t fall into the trap of making it the center point of your self-esteem just because it seems easier than working on your shortcomings or challenging the overly critical way you look at yourself.
Your self-esteem is your mind’s garden… tend to it yourself and you will not only reap the rewards of your efforts many times over, but you will also achieve it in its truest sense because you didn’t rely on anyone else to teach you how to love and respect who you are – you learned it for yourself… "
Some people don’t feel confident enough to attempt to weed out their own self-loathing… instead they prefer someone else to do the hard work of promoting self-love and eradicating their self-defeating attitudes … But the downfall of that is if that person ever leaves, you’re left alone with all the messy thoughts in your head and no skills to cope with them all. The idea of self-esteem is quite literally what the word suggests – to hold yourself in high esteem… But if you constantly rely on someone else’s opinion of you to respect and love yourself it’s not really self-esteem – it’s just you respecting someone else’s opinion of you.
True self esteem centers around one person – you. It relies on you to see your own strengths and positive attributes, to improve upon your weaknesses where you can and to accept the things about yourself you cannot change. It’s about your mindset and the way you see yourself…. The way other people see you is a great starting point, but don’t fall into the trap of making it the center point of your self-esteem just because it seems easier than working on your shortcomings or challenging the overly critical way you look at yourself.
Your self-esteem is your mind’s garden… tend to it yourself and you will not only reap the rewards of your efforts many times over, but you will also achieve it in its truest sense because you didn’t rely on anyone else to teach you how to love and respect who you are – you learned it for yourself… "
Ranata Suzuki (via wnq-writers)
