(Self-respect is the most crucial aspect of one’s life. If you do not understand how to appreciate yourself and your worth, how do you expect others to? Life is too short to maintain toxic relationships. In order for yours to flourish, you need to work on yourself first.
Don’t expect anyone to love or respect you if you don’t fully love yourself first.”
[source](self worth; why you need to value yourself more..by Ashley Fern)
The word of the Lord in Matthew 22: 37-39
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself
Encourages us to develop a sense of affection for ourselves as we show the same love to other people. To learn to let go when circumstances around a certain relationship or position is against us.
It baffles me so much when people can't call it quits in a relationship or position where they are totally undermined and their value underated. You get to see the same person going back to the same person that treats them like crap. Never growing the balls to call it quits.
Self worth requires conscious effort that must be consistently made on a day-to-day basis. In other for one to be able to beam it's light wherever they are.
A lack of self-respect can, and most often does, result in depression and self-destructive behaviors. You need to reinforce your positive qualities and actively try to fix your negative qualities.
When everything else in the world fails you, you will always have your self-respect to fall back on
I for one passed through a very excruciating experience in the hand of friend, whom I have known for years. I never knew that the young man never had me in his plans again. He had outgrown the friendship. Picks faults in anything I say. Dismisses my thoughts as nothing and tries to boss me around like am his pet.
The last straw that broke the camel back was when we had a quarrel about money he owned me. The tornado that came out of his mouth in the heat of the fight was that, I was born to follow and be led.
It took me weeks to recover from that and I didn't need any other sign to tell me that we are done.
Self worth twine with self esteem. Self esteem gives you the confidence to project self worth. Without the confidence, it would be difficult to exude the worth at all times.
You and only you are responsible for your fate. Life is no fun if you spend it hating yourself; this stifles any progress you hope to make.
Once your confidence is up, you will stop making the terrible mistake of comparing yourself to others. You will already be comfortable and happy with who you are.