Humans in Training and Self-worth
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
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“Self-worth is not a thing; it is a perception. Just as a gymnast begins a routine with ten points and receives deductions for each mistake, so you began life with a natural, complete sense of worth. (Have you ever met an infant with self-worth issues?) But as you grow, you serve as your own judge, deducting points when you misunderstand the nature of living, and learning–when you forget you are a human-in-training and that making mistakes and having slips of integrity and mediocre moments are a part of life, not unforgivable sins.” ~ Dan Millman from Everyday Enlightenment
As Dan so beautifully says: “It’s important to note that the most sensitive, self-reflective souls among us–those of us with the highest vision, ideals, and standards–often have the lowest sense of self-worth, because we constantly fail to meet our idealized standards. Maybe that’s why George Bernard Shaw once remarked that “the ignorant are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt.”
It’s so easy to beat ourselves up and then self-sabotage–limiting the amount of joy, creativity and abundance we experience in our lives. This gateway is all about discovering the fact that: “You are no more or less worthy than any other person or part of reality. Your sense of worth grows by doing what is worthy. But you do not have to feel worthy; you need only treat yourself as you would a loved one or honored guest, ending self-destructive behaviors or cycles of self-sabotage, opening to life’s opportunities.” ~ Brain Johnson
A human in training is a human beccoming. And a human becoming is a more becoming human. ~ Kirk Weisler
