Teenage is one of the best times of life.....A good teenager is
1. Totally focused on goals and objectives.
2. Knows exactly where he/she is going
3. Has the ability to get back on his/her feet and move forward
4. Has respect for every human being
5. Realises the importance of education especially for his/her future kids
6. Knows the difference between right and wrong
7. Learns from mistakes and constructs upon them
8. Listens to the wisdom of the older generation
9. Gives more than takes
10. Knows that personal sacrifices now will pay dividends later
11. Knows that gangs are for people who can’t hack it on their own
12. Knows that drugs and excessive alcohol can be crutches that are not needed
13. Proud of her/his achievements, talents, skills and abilities
14. Appreciates the sacrifices that members of her/his family have made
15. Is always a good friend
16. Knows that happiness comes from within
17. Will be a great father/mother to his/her kids
18. Knows that success is down to determination, hard work and a positive mental attitude .
If you are experiencing low self-esteem and confidence it is because you feel worthless, ashamed, guilty, useless, helpless or humiliation.
EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING IN THEIR LIFE AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER HAS EXPERIENCED AT LEAST ONE OF THE ABOVE.
It is not the events which created these feelings that matter it is your reaction to these events that matter. In other words your attitude to them.
At some point in your life something happened in your life and you may or may not have realised it. You lost respect for yourself! You somehow gave it up. Let it go. Or you may have deliberately dissociated yourself from it. Why? because something significantly bad happened to you. Since that event you have become a different person. More worried, more tense, more nervous.
Being bullied feels like a never-ending nightmare to some teenagers, but to others they go through the pain, shake it off and get on with their lives.
Being humiliated creates a life-long fear of being the centre of attention for some, but for others its an experience that they went through and which has now been forgotten.
Being rejected creates a feeling of uselessness for some, but for others an experience that made them survivors.
Only you know the depth of pain and suffering that you are going through. You probably believe that you are the only person in the whole world who is experiencing what you are experiencing. Know that this is not true. There are many like you who are experiencing exactly the same. Sometimes worse.
From today you need to go on a journey of discovery and find that one thing that you lost, gave up, discarded along the way. LOVE AND RESPECT for yourself. Find it, take it back because it is quite rightfully yours.
There is no greater thing in this world than love and respect for yourself.
When you begin to love and respect yourself you will begin to love and respect the world around you. The very thing that creates peace and harmony in the world.
I want you to promise yourself one thing from today
Everyday when you wake up you will tell yourself I WILL LOVE AND RESPECT MYSELF TODAY AND NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I WILL NEVER EVER PUT MYSELF DOWN.
During the course of the day you will say the same thing whenever you consciously think about it. Many times. Last thing at night when you go to bed you will say the same.
From today you will begin to 'big' yourself up. Focus on your achievements, problems you have overcome, when you helped others, compliments you have been given, times when you felt on top of the world.
From today you will allow no-one, no experience nor no-thing to ever put you down, ever again.
From today you will begin to take control of your life. No more low self-esteem or low confidence.
From today you will begin to change your beliefs about who you are. A wonderful, amazing person, who has great potential. Maybe, a person who has been given a gift to help others who are experiencing what you experienced. Go and be someone's hero and never, ever be a victim ever again.
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