Praising oneself is often labeled as being egoistic when the reality is the other way around. Its the ego that doesn’t allow one to praise oneself.. why? you ask?.. its because the ego wants ‘others’ to praise it. One who cannot praise oneself cannot genuinely praise anyone else either. Therefore, praise yourself and drop what others say about you (praise or criticize).
When you praise yourself its not the ego that you are praising but the real provider/maker/giver of that which you are praising. When you say I have a healthy and beautiful body the praise goes to the creator (be it mother nature or your mother herself 🙂 ), when you say that you are wise the praise goes to your teacher, parents and everyone who taught you something in life and so on….
Praising oneself needs to be in the silence of your inner self. I am not recommending that you start bragging about how good you are in front of others. Just be content with your self… don’t give the control of your contentment in what others say about you (good or bad). If you have a positive self image and are content with it.. no outside force can affect it.
So, please dont be harsh on yourself and stop blaming yourself…. praise yourself and be happy, be contented and smile 🙂
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