回复 'MoatCity' 的评论 : You really enriched this topic of discussion. Thanks.
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It is an insightful episode, the professor divided the self-esteem into three levels, and the highest level would be "independent self-esteem". Here is what he said:
Happiness, levels of happiness, are higher when you experience a sense of independent self-esteem. We are much calmer when we don't constantly have to prove ourselves to others. It is enervating to constantly on guard: is this person going to like me? How do I gain their validation. We are much calmer when we say: let me express myself, AND yes it may hurt me, if they don't like me, that is OK, I am resilient, I'm strong, I can deal. We'll have much calmer sense of being when we express rather than constantly to impress. Imagine how much lighter our lives can be, if, when we are here, or when we walk out of here, we experience the sense of being, more and more of the time, again, that is not perfectly, because that's not human, but more and more of the time to just be, to exist, to celebrate our existence and the existence as a whole.
How I wish, I myself, can reach to that level of self-esteem. Most of us would lead a torturous life, simply because we care too much what other people think about us, and how we derive our own self value and self worth by pleasing others, both at home and at work place.
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回复 'MoatCity' 的评论 : thanks for the resource.
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回复 '云之岚' 的评论 : wise statement.
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回复 'MoatCity' 的评论 : Great advise.
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"To be known, not to be validated; to express, not to impress" - easy to say, hard to achieve.