Self-esteem, or how you feel about YOU, your intrinsic value can impact your
health. If you feel unworthy, you can sabotage yourself and become the proverbial couch potatoe.
Sure, you can also have low self-esteem and become addicted to working out. Becoming obsessive about your outer appearance can likewise be a sign of low self-esteem. The key is the intention.
Really what is on the line here is your level of inner peace. If you lose motivation for self-care and develop poor exercise, eating and hygiene habits, this obviously will reflect in your physical appearance and well-being. You will likely experience a vicious cycle of not caring for yourself and then disliking what you see in the mirror.
Likewise, if you are so driven that you become a workaholic, socially acceptable or not, you are still prone to develop high blood pressure, chronic diseases and overall dissatisfaction with life. Speaking from prior experience, workaholics tend to use work as the excuse to avoid looking at their own personal life.
At issue here is your level of self-acceptance and inner peace. No self-acceptance, no peace. Know self-acceptance, know peace.
We may not have been dealt an ideal hand of cards to play with, but how the game of life goes for us is directly related to our willingness to first act with courage in the face of fear, and then to take responsibility for taking the next step as we can see it before us.
As one of my heroes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the next step'!. The game of life is won, and healthy self-esteem developed, one step at a time.
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