6January2009
New starts in the New Year
Posted by Cecilia under: Economy; Education.
Yesterday in the news it was reported that Barack Obama’s daughters started their new school. The pictures showed Obama’s two children going the same path like countless other children did.
The New Year has started and along with it so many new experiences - may it be a new school, a new job or with moving to a new city.
Starting new can be filled with stress and fear. When meeting new colleagues, new playmates or new neighbors we can help to ease their discomfort by giving esteem toward them. When we give esteem we show our understanding and we give them the feeling of being welcomed.
Everybody is a stranger at least once in his life. Knowing this feeling we can acknowledge the situation and give these people a positive experience in their new start.

A high self-esteem expresses itself from a healthy self-love. We know the sentence of the bible: you shall love your fellow man as yourself.
Sometimes we can’t avoid comparison with others. We do it on the basis of appearance, intelligence or some other ideal. We sometimes find ourselves wishing that we are like them.
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Esteem is like a gift on several levels. It’s a gift because it’s given magnanimously and without conditions. It’s a gift because it makes the recipient feel good. Finally it’s a gift for ourselves because our presence enriches life for everybody.
We, the writers of Esteem News, have one big wish for the year 2009: May a turbulent world be filled with esteem! 

