8 Nov, 2007
Self-Worth
Posted by teacherjulie @ 2:55 am
Shelved under Lessons in Life, My Thoughts

How do we measure self-worth? Or can we measure self-worth?

Do we measure our self-worth based on our financial assets and/or financial capabilities? Do we measure our self-worth based on our position in our workplace? Do we measure our self-worth according to the brands and makes of things we buy and use? Do we measure our self-worth based on our home address? Or we do this based upon the perception of other people about ourselves?

Only we can do this because we know ourselves better than anybody. How then should we measure our self-worth?

We may see ourselves as more important than others around us. We may see ourselves as the core of the universe that evolves around us. But aren’t these self-judgment bordering on self-importance and/or self-conceit?

There is a saying that I have read awhile back: “Making others wrong to make you right.” Is this self-importance?

So how then do we measure our self-worth? Or perhaps we should not.

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8 Nov, 2007 @ 8:27 am
pinayhekmi said:

I always try to remember the words from Desiderata…it really doesn’t help to compare.

  • You know Tintin, when I was younger I found Desiderata “corny”. But a few weeks back, I read it in a book, I was amazed how much I appreciated the words written there. And yes, comparing doesn’t help unless it is a language skill that needs to be accomplished :)

8 Nov, 2007 @ 3:01 pm
Kongkong622 said:

That’s a very difficult question. I think as long as you accept what you are and are happy with what you have, knowing your self-worth shouldn’t be an issue. Cliched as it may sound, knowing how to love and knowing that you are loved is more than enough.

  • Thanks for the input, Cookie,very much appreciated. But sometimes it doesn’t help that even when you accept yourself and are happy but people around you do not appreciate you and what you do, it “dampens the spirit” and your self-worth suffers. Ahhh…kinda complicated din. :)

11 Nov, 2007 @ 10:40 pm
analyse said:

I agree with Tintin and Cookie. And to add, I think we have to be realistic on how we evaluate or gauge ourselves. Not more, not less. I’d like to say that happiness is a measure of self-worth. But hapiness is relative. It depends on the person.

So True, Ana, happiness is relative.

11 Nov, 2007 @ 11:21 pm
KK said:

Ate Julie,
I believe we need self-esteem, without it we will not be happy. We have to feel that we do matter somehow, if we don’t we become self-destructive.

Self-worth? hmmm…. I don’t know how you can compute for that as there is no known mathematical equation for it. As long as you can be truly honest to yourself and say that you are happy, it really doesn’t matter what you can and cannot afford.

We should define things around us and not the things define us.

just my 2 cents worth. :)

Tina, I am happy to note what you said: “We should define things around us and not the things define us.” In this materialistic world we live in, this should be practiced. Thanks :)

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