Pursuing anything in order to feel accepted or validated ultimately leaves us stuck in a cycle of approval-seeking. We’ll never collect enough external validation to overcome any sense of personal inadequacy we may feel. Self-esteem has to be generated internally. When we love what we’re doing, we feel inspired, fulfilled and validated. Rather than trying to attain fleeting recognition by pleasing or impressing others, we can develop a far more long-lasting sense of wholeness and self-love through the only source we will ever have some measure of control over…
Ourselves.
