self-esteem

"Everything painful and sobering in what psychoanalytic and religious genius have discovered about man, revolves around the terror of admitting what one is doing to earn his self-esteem." Ernest Becker

i need to chew on this for awhile...

everything painful and sobering revolves around the terror of admitting what one is doing to earn his self-esteem. nothing? inherent slackerism? pick a little peck a little?

what is self-esteem? and why's it so elusive? what do i do to make myself feel better? escape? avoid? deny? curl up in my coop? help so i can get some too? get out there and peck them other chickens to give myself a boost?

what is it about us that brings us to the place where we can peck each other to death?

what can i do to turn it around and build that thing that is myself, instead of tearing my chicken shit self apart?

there has to be a place where i don't have to be afraid of getting pecked at. is that a location that's inside me? or an environmental anomaly?

hmmm

fear and intimidation

Moving through fear and past intimidation is like exercising a muscle in the center of your being. The more often you do it, the stronger and more flexible you become. You begin venturing outside the confines of your chicken coop!

how does fear affect you? can you exercise the muscles of self-esteem and learn to negotiate your path beyond intimidation?

What is the one thing you can do today that you are proud of yourself for?

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