The greatest loss- loss of Self respect!

As human beings, each of us is unique in our own way. Being born as a baby and growing as an adult, every day we add our own characteristics to our personality. We develop our own culture based on what we perceive. Everything related to us, such as family, friends, school, and all other social activities, is important in shaping our identity. Accepting everything about ourselves is important for us to be confident. Sometimes, even negative experiences can make us strong, so it is important to accept them rather than denying them. Self-respect can only come through acceptance.

Without self-respect, a person is not living their own life, but someone else’s. They deny who they are and accept whatever others say about them. Think about the story ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes‘. He was so fond of clothes, and two clever weavers decided to take advantage of him. They made him believe he was wearing their invisible woven clothes, which did not exist. The emperor knew he wore nothing, but the weavers made him believe that only intelligent people could see it. Others also knew he didn’t have clothes, but to make themselves look smart in front of the emperor, they also said it was great. Isn’t it like how we behave always? Like the naked emperor? We deny who we are and try to be what others want, and suffer for that.

When ‘I’ lose self-respect, then ‘I’ am not there. That is the death of ‘I’ in me. So the greatest loss is self-respect, where ‘I’ dies… Living without self-respect is like the life of a dead person. Let’s keep our self-respect always to live this life meaningfully.