Aug 03 2008
Self-esteem And Self-worth
These concepts derive from each other and can be interchanged. Self-worth refers to man’s value, whereas his self-esteem is the expression of this value towards the external world.
What is a person’s self-esteem?
Self-esteem is a form of spiritual state, a spiritual infrastructure, on which a person’s spiritual forces develop. It is also an attribute, an urge and a unique creative energy, which may be either negative or positive. Positive energy raises self-esteem, thereby encouraging positive development. Negative energy, in contrast, lowers self-esteem and in so doing, inhibits or arrests this positive development and encourages a negative one. It will be easier to better understand the meaning of self-esteem if we view it from our own perspective and from God’s.