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> Especially since "Self esteem" seems to mean "feeling good about yourself", which is how I've heard it defined. If that's so,then it is an elusive goal...anyone with a conscience won't always "feel good" about themselves. [From a Christian perspective, "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" (Romans)]
> I think some of us are too aware of our faults without realizing we've been forgiven for them.
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> I'm afraid Im wording this badly. To me there seems to be an important but subtle difference between self esteem and self respect...but I'm struggling to articulate the deeper sense of genuine humility that "respect" would require...
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> I'd be interested in hearing how others would define self esteem vs. self respect, or if they'd even consider them different things at all.
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> koala"inarticulate after midnight"mom
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Assuming that "self esteem" is "to feel good about yourself" - which makes sense to me - I'd say that "self respect" is "to accept yourself", i.e. accept your failings: It's not the end of the world to fail, in fact, everyone fails now and again. People with self respect accept this, take note of their limitations and possibly try to do better next time. They don't feel good about it, but realize that this is just the way life is.
People without self respect are destroyed by failure.
If, on the other hand, you do good where you have previously failed, this increases your self esteem, but doesn't really do anything (positive or negative) for your self respect.

jul"eat at Coco's"ian