Tag Archives: love

Unconditional esteem – unconditional love

Honest esteem is as unconditional as love. It can be difficult to write what  unconditional love is about. Sometimes a little story can help to cast light on what unconditional love is such as this short story written by Jalāl … Continue reading

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Esteem is a spiritual experience

Esteem can’t be owned or earned.  Esteem can’t be worn or consumed.  Esteem is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. This is the reason why sometimes it may be difficult to speak about esteem.  … Continue reading

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What has esteem got to do with me?

We can’t pay anything with esteem.  We can’t exchange it for goods or use it for anything practical.  Thoughts like these can lead us to the question: what has esteem got to do with me?  We may think that we don’t … Continue reading

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Esteem facing job and home loss

German philosopher Erich Fromm said: Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.   We could translate this quote into: esteem gives the answer to human existence. Esteem is what we take with us even … Continue reading

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Spirit of esteem for Father’s Day

Whether it’s Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, for most of us it’s time to look frantically for an appropriate gift. Why do we do that?  Because it’s socially expected to express esteem on “official” days.  This means that the … Continue reading

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“A return to love”

Marianne Williamson writes about that which touches the deepest core of esteem and self-esteem.  There is nothing we could add to it.  Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond … Continue reading

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Esteem and the four cardinal virtues

Western culture is acquainted with the four cardinal virtues.  These cardinal virtues - wisdom, justice, courage and moderation originate in ancient philosophy.  The general explanation for virtues says that they are inner attitudes of doing good with joy.  Virtues will remain just theory as long as we … Continue reading

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Esteem for “an artist of life”

Tsai Erh Ping, born in China and working as an artist in the U.S. creates unusual handcrafts in the form of unique jewelry and small sculptures. Tsai’s art shows his connectedness to nature and life.  He transforms the image of … Continue reading

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Self-esteem and pets

It may sound odd to connect self-esteem with pets.  But let’s take a closer look at the effect pets have on us. There are numerous studies proving that healing of illnesses increases when pets are around patients.  It’s also known … Continue reading

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Esteem and human nature

Human nature embraces attitudes and traits which are shared by every human being.  Human nature belongs to the basis of being a human.  It’s the ground on which we develop our own unique personality which makes us different from others. … Continue reading

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