Hi it’s Dave,
Greetings from Ilfracombe and welcome to the Under Blue
Skies blog. I am very excited with how
everything is progressing. I find that sharing these pages with everyone goes a
long way towards stimulating me to keep writing them.
So welcome to
The Fires Of Self Esteem
Recently I have been looking at the quality of self esteem
and asking what is it and where does it come from?
I have now reached something of a conclusion:- self esteem
has two facets, one negative and one
positive. These two different sides can
be likened to having two fires burning inside you and if you ask people which
fire they would like to burn the brightest the majority would answer, without
hesitation, the positive one!
When the answer has been given it opens the door to the next
question
What three things does a fire need to be able to burn?
Anyone who has completed even basic fire training will know
that the elements required for a fire to burn are fuel, oxygen and a source of
ignition, however the only part of this we need here is “fuel”
In order to make the positive self esteem fire burn the
brighter of the two fires we need to provide it with the fuel of positive
decision making. How many positive
decisions have you taken today?
These are all that is required to make the positive self
esteem fire burn the brightest. The more
positive things you do the brighter the fire will burn and the better you will
feel.
However, as I said earlier, there are 2 fires inside all of
us. The first of these is the fire of
positive self esteem and the second represents negative self esteem. The principle of the triangle of elements
applies equally to negative self esteem. If you carry out a negative act or
behave in a negative way, the negative self esteem fire will begin to burn
brighter.
Both fires want more fuel and neither of them wants to
be extinguished and die.
Therefore, it stands to reason that to keep the positive
self esteem fire burning brighter and hotter the more we need to take positive
action and do lots of positive things.
If you start feeling that something is not right for you or
you are tempted to do something negative, it is likely that you negative self
esteem fire is trying to get more fuel.
There are those who are “auditory people” that would liken this to a
voice saying “Don't forget about me, I need fuel too”. This is the time when we
really need to watch what we are doing because if we are not careful we will
slip backwards and as a result of this slip we will probably do something to
get that negative fire burning brightly again.
As part of my research I was talking this theory through
with a client and during that conversation she asked me this question – “Can
the negative fire ever go out?” My
answer was that nobody can definitely say that it does but if you keep doing
the positive things and making the positive fire burn very strong and really
hot it keeps getting easier to make positive choices in your life and that way
of thinking becomes a habit.
Remember! You are the only person who can add fuel to
your self esteem fires, nobody else can feed them because they are fed by the
actions that you take.
Make it a habit to ask yourself regularly which fire you are
feeding by this action.
If you stop feeding the negative fire it will die down and
although it may never go out completely you will have it under control and the
benefits of a positive life will be yours for ever!
So as we reach
the end of this week’s post I would like to thank you sincerely for taking the
time to read the words. I hope that you
will find them useful as you move forwards in your daily life.
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About Dave I am a coach; speaker; radio presenter
and founder of The Blue Sky Company.
I am also a therapist and co-own a virtual light centre called The
Crystal Spring. My therapy work
includes music therapy; reiki; crystal therapy
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day, live a life of Passion and Power.
And above all
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DAve x
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