"Educators, parents, politicians, and psychologists all seem to agree that quite possibly the largest problem among young people today is poor self-esteem. You cannot correct this problem by simply showering a child with compliments.
Self-esteem has three sources: right action; right relationship with God, others and self; and service.
Right action is as simple and difficult as listening to the gentle voice of conscience and allowing it to guide us. Right relationship with God, and everyone and everything in the universe, is developed by and ever-increasing awareness of all that is good, true, beautiful, and right.
And nothing will foster a healthy sense of self like the experience of being of value to others through service."
~ Matthew Kelly, Rediscovering Catholicism
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