Self Esteem Definition Essay

These days, we hear the term self-esteem every day. We relate to it and most of us know what it means because we've heard about it since we were kids. At least one of our teachers tried to explain what it means and how we can develop very good self-esteem. They told us that self-esteem is one of the most important things to have if we want to be happy. We are grownups now; if we go back to our school years, we realize that maybe we didn't understand the concept behind the term self-esteem, because our lives don't reflect a realistic respect for ourselves.
What does self-esteem really mean?If we focused on these two words, the first word is self, which means your own reflective consciousness; in other words, it means my OWN person. The second word is esteem, which means respect and admiration. If we put together the two words, it means "my own respect and admiration." But the term …show more content…
If you are living in the past (or in the future) you are wasting your time and losing your focus. The past is already done and we cannot do anything to change it, but if we don't let it go, our past experiences are controlling our now and ruining our life. A good exercise to heal your life is to write down on a piece of paper the details of one bad past experience. Write about all your negative feelings and emotions. You can write names if you want. Let go of everything you're holding inside. When you finish, burn the paper. Breathe slowly three to five times, take another piece of paper and write what you learn from this experience. Everything has two sides, it depends how you see it. Focus your mind on seeing the good side of the event. Forgive yourself and others. Everybody makes mistakes. Write grateful affirmations because you are alive and great things are coming to you. Maybe you will need to repeat this exercise a few times to heal yourself, just don't do it that same