Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Observe Yourself

A few men explored unseen areas.  They have seen the surface of the moon, the basin of deep trenches, and walked in the barren winters of Antarctica.  Yet several of us has to discover ourselves.  People look out in the stars and want to know if there is life in other planets, other galaxies, or other planetary systems.  The great mathematician and also a great Greek philosopher, Pythagoras quotes, "Man know thyself, then thou shalt know the Universe and God."  Self-knowledge through self-discovery.  Do you know yourself?  Have you explored your inner universe?  The person who absolutely knows himself will comprehend the universe around him.  
Another idea from Pythagoras is, "above all things, reverence thy self."  To fully have some comprehension of the self-concept is to respect yourself above all.  This is a necessity of being virtuous (by definition is a divine act as a foundation of principles and good moral person).   You want to work for this and practice them.  All by discovering yourself.  If you do not believe it is a necessity than you want to desire the virtuous path.  

Respecting yourself is more about what you do and how you do them.  Now let us discuss about confidence.  Confidence goes hand and hand with respect.  Confidence is how you feel.  The more respect you have about yourself, the more confident you will become.  Be honest with yourself.  Remember the cocky versus over-confidence rule.  Respecting yourself means to be modest.  Stay true to yourself.  Another revered thinker and philosopher of all times, Socrates said, "Well I am certainly wiser than this man.  It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge of boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance.  At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is too this small extent, that I do not think I know what I do not know."  Do not fall into prey to people who disrespect you.  Watch out for the manipulators, the needy, the liars, and the controllers.  Stop pleasing others!  Remember we are discussing self-respect.  Pleasing other people's needs before your own shows low self-respect.


Discover who you are.  Develop a principle you go by.  Everyone has standards.  We all know the famous saying from the Golden Rule, treat others the way you want to be treated. Stop waiting and thinking about other people's acceptance.  You're not looking for approvals!  Changing who you are means you have not found yourself.  Find your personality.  Find your talents.  Find your creativity.  Find those and you will appreciate who you are.  Appreciate yourself because no one will.  Yet again, still clueless.

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