Saturday, January 29, 2011

Self Respect

He that respects himself is safe from others;
he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

How is it that one achieves self respect, or self worth? 
I find throughout my days, I can't help but feel that no matter what I do, I am no good.  No matter how many good things I do, they'll never justify the bad.  I go through my day trying to be a good person.  And at the end of it, always feel that I've failed.  It changes the way you are able to take criticism from outside.  I become so easily hurt.  But I don't believe myself to be a victim.  I'm not a victim, of anyone but myself.  I don't want pity, I just don't want my own guilt.  What is humble, and what is self hate?  Couldn't it be perceived as a very fine line?   

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