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Self-esteem is the confidence in one’s own worth or abilities; self-respect.

We built walls after our past nightmares to protect whatever we have left.

The image we see now in the mirror is not the same; our confidence has diminished, in that instance we realized that we have changed.

Life has a wonderful way of creating obstacles that may seem too much for us to handle but we are all capable of conquering each and every battle.

From the extremely difficult to the ridiculously mild; we all are efficient enough to get through all that may seem too wild.

Grab the same shovel you used to dig these holes and tackle the problems, no matter how big the pile.

I’m not perfect, not even close; I’m still figuring myself out.

I should speak for myself, I suppose, I just want to help others up from the ground.

“Easier said than done.”

I have heard that so much and it speaks nothing but truths; rebuilding your self-dignity will not be easy or fun.

Only you yourself will be able to begin the reconstruction on your self-esteem.

There is not a single soul you need to go through to begin this process.

Take it from me; I kept blaming others for everything.

I blamed those that were by my side the whole way and even those who I had only crossed paths with.

I continued to start this process in all the wrong places until the day I looked at my shattered mirror only to see that it was never cracked or broken.

I constantly complained of my distorted self-image on my shattered mirror when it was only the self-pity shattered soul within.

At this moment I was left speechless.
I’ll speak for I and say that I grabbed my worn out splintered shovel and got to work.

This pile of problems I kept carrying around began to weigh less and less.
There was much blood, tears and sweat along the way; life takes a lot of work and so does loving yourself, I must say.
As a growing species, humans have a vast world to show their full potential to.

Sacrifice is sometimes essential but through all the experiences from distant days that left scars to the days that are to come, the one thing you shall never sacrifice is your self-esteem of who you are.

Signed,
ThoseMeaningfulWords.
Victor “Zeek” Herrera Jr.