Self-Worth.

[greenstorm]

I'm not sure how to know if I'm worth something. Some people say this, some people say that -- I can't gauge it on what a person says, not a single person certainly (codependency of some sort?) and not a group of people. It's all a perspective thing, and I want an absolute answer. Poor me. ;P

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As far as I can tell...

[jointhesaga.livejournal.com]

No one can tell you you're worth something except yourself. Anyone else is selling something - usually themselves, in order to be worth something to you.

There's no way to gauge it. No object worth-o-meter to say you've made a positive impact on X number of people and therefore you've got value. That sense of worth has to come from inside you, in my opinion. You look inside, consider what you do, where you've been, why you do what you do, and how you feel about yourself.

You can probably accept that you've certainly got worth in the ripples you make in the lives of others - whether it's through these livejournal entries and the responses they yield or through your hobbies (those rodents certainly depend on you).

But I wouldn't rely on others to give you that sense of worth.