Self-esteem is the confidence and worth that you feel about yourself. Your self esteem
influences everything you do, think, feel, and are. It is, in fact, one of the most important factors in your overall sense of well-being. How well you feel physically, mentally , and socially
can affect your self-esteem. In turn, your level of self-esteem can directly affect your
physical, mental, and social health. Some of the messages about who you are and how likable you are come from outside
yourself. They are called external messages. Others come from inside yourself. They are
called internal messages. Many people base their self-esteem on external factors -- on how they look, what
they have, how they perform , how others see them, or with whom they are friends. In reality ,
however, self-esteem comes from knowing, accepting and liking not what you have, whom you
know, or what you do, but who you are.