Assignment #7: My Self-Value

I think this quote means that you have to be your own person. That you can't go through life expecting people to just do everything for you. When a person is truly experiencing self value is when they have followed this quote. For example, you can not have jealousy towards other people just like the very first line of the poem says. You also have to love yourself and not expect everyone around you to love you. In other words you can not revolve your life around what other people think of you. This is exactly what she meant when she had said this quote.

So the very first thing that James mentions is jealousy. She says that you only experience jealousy when you are not comfortable with your self. This often happens to people all over the world. She also goes on to say that those people who are jealous will not be rewarded in the end. I think this has to do with my self value because I sometimes feel jealous towards things and I didn't realize that I am not comfortable with myself in that situation. This is something that made sense to me the moment that I had read this quote.

James also mentions that you can't expect everyone to love you that walk's into your life. They don't even have to like you. The point she is trying to make is that you can not please every single person that you encounter in your life. When I thought of my self value this made me see that sometimes I will let someone down but it does not mean that I did that on purpose it just means that what ever it is that I did I was satisfied with it and I didn't care what the person next to me thought. I do include this technique of thinking this way in my life, most of the time. Sometimes I want to try and please everyone around me and that works too, James is not saying that it does not.

Last but not least James speaks about turning your eyes on yourself and doing what is best for you. Sometimes it's best to not notice other people, so jealousy won’t occur within you, and so that you can focus on yourself and even learn more about your own self. My self value is applied to this also because sometimes I have to sit down and just think. I think about what it is that I need to do to make my self successful in the best possible way without having to worry about what the people around me are going to say or maybe even think. I usually do this by day dreaming but sometimes without realizing it I find myself actually thinking about it.

In conclusion, just this one quick little quote that was said by Jennifer James is very true and it applies to my self value one hundred percent. This is one of the most powerful quotes I have heard because it is so true and it is said in words that are more advanced so I have to think about what she is saying and I like having to think just that much harder because that's when I understand it the best. I now know that I can not be jealous because that just means that I am not comfortable with myself and I know that I really am, I also found out that instead of trying to please everyone around me I just need to please myself and the rest should all fall into place.