Today's Truth

Happiness and freedom are achieved by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.

Thought was provoked after reading about Epictetus

Epictetus was a Greek-born slave of Rome in the first century. He became a great philosopher and teacher, and was eventually granted his freedom. Although he didn't write his teachings, which are based in Stoic philosophy, thankfully, others did.

Epictetus had a good handle on what we might today call Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Here at Truthcards we predominantly use CBT in our cards. www.truthcards.co.nz

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Self esteem - accepting ones self

Truth card for today

"I choose to stop allowing my mind to participate in words of self hatred - I replace these words with praise. I accept myself as I am"

The truth of who I am is much deeper that what my mind can tell me anyway ♥

By Nicole Martin

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What does Wiki say about self esteem

The capacity to develop healthy confidence and respect for oneself [and for others] is inherent to human nature, since the mere fact of being able to think is the base of its suitability, and the mere fact of being alive is the base of the right to make an effort to achieve happiness. Thus, the natural state of human being should correspond to a high self-esteem. Nonetheless, the fact is that there is a lot of people who, whether they acknowledge it or not, whether they admit it or not, have a level of self-esteem below the theoretically natural.^[6]

That is due to the fact that, during development, and through life itself, people tend to move away from positive self-conceptualization [and conceptualization], or even not to approach to it. The reasons why this happens are diverse, and they can be found in negative influence from other people, self-punishment for breaking one's values [or one's social group's values], or shortage of understanding or compassion for one's actions^[6] [or others' actions].

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John Powell, a known psychology popularizer, confesses in one of his books that, when somebody sincerely praises him, instead of toning down his own merits, as used, he replies: “go ahead, please, go ahead”. It is a reply that is unusual and makes an audience laugh when told in public. It is also a reply that makes you think.[7]