Self confidence or self image is susceptible to negative influences of others. Self image also involves an attempt to compare yourself to others - to determine how you feel about yourself.  This image tends to be distorted from negative programing, false conditioning and twisted concepts about yourself.  Especially as children, we tend to accept everything someone bigger than us says as true, even though it may not be.

It is easy to get stuck in judgement when we think back to events that have happened in the past - we go into the past with our present more matured view and think, "I should have done XXX instead.  This is being harsh with ourselves - we each do our best in every situation we are placed in - that best is influenced by who we are at that point of our development.  Shame and blame end up tearing down who you are as a person.

Paul Scheele says, "anything less than high self-esteem is a distortion of who you are - a person of infinite worth." Your self-esteem may also be shaped by mistaken judgments you have accepted from yourself or others. By shifting your awareness of your own true nature, you can change how you relate to yourself. Your positive self-esteem focuses your thinking on your successes and strengths as the unique and powerful human being you truly are! 

Remember, you are always doing your best in every situation you encounter.  At our core, we are each love and light.

How can we enhance our self-esteem?