๐ย ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ.ย ๐
Take a person who is narcissistic. They need constant validation. They need to always be right. They need to dominate every argument. They need to be seen as strong and powerful by others. But underneath it all is a person with lots of insecurity and fear.ย ๐จ
They barely understand themselves as a person, because they’re too focused on what other people think of them. They actually have low self-esteem.ย ๐
Now take another person, but this person has high self-esteem. They don’t worry what others think of them. What matters to them is what they think of themselves. They understand themselves on a deep level. They are very self-accepting of who they are. They don’t feel a need to flaunt themselves.ย ๐คทโโ๏ธ
They carry their own Inner Cheerleader.ย ๐ฅณ
๐ย ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ. ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐; ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป. ๐
Can you relate to either of these people in some way? Perhaps you can relate a bit of both of them?ย ๐ค
I admit I do!ย ๐โโ๏ธ
Yes, I’ve sometimes looked at how many likes I got on my photos. I’ve sometimes looked to see who liked my content. I’ve sometimes gotten worried when my posts didn’t get a lot of reception.ย ๐จ
But then again, I also don’t typically depend on Likes and Comments to make me happy either. I am genuinely happy with who I am as a person, my sense of self.ย ๏ธ๐ค
I share this photo above mostly because modeling photos on social media are what people like to see. So here’s your eye-candy; this is my silly impression of “modeling”! ๐
And I say this all of this to you with so much love.ย โค๏ธ
๐ย ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐๐ฒ’๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.ย ๐
Why? Because we won’t always have people on the Internet to validate us. We won’t always have people in our lives that are kind to us. So we will always have to keep refilling our Happiness Cup endlessly.ย โ
And when our cup is empty, what are we left with? Nothing. Emptiness.ย ๐จ
But with self-esteem, your cup is always filled! You refill it whenever you want! You are in control!ย ๐ช
๐ย ๐๐ฒ๐’๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐๐บ.ย ๐
