Worth according to the dictionary means the level at which someone or something deserves to be valued or rated. I love the term ‘worth’ because I believe it is one of the most important notions in the world. Whether it comes to careers or relationships, I think it is very important for all individuals to be able to assess and define his or her own worth.
The notion of worth is important for one fundamental reason and that is that knowing your worth is an important benchmark for how others relate to us and for what we accept from them. For example, if you feel you are a premium ‘I only wear Salvatore Ferragamo’ babe (for my non-nigerians, am referring to a girl that has high taste and loves the good good life), then most guys who date you should know that you may not be impressed by that $50 H&M dress as a birthday gift. This is a bit of an extreme funny analogy but it serves the purpose needed here.
Not knowing your worth is a bit of a dangerous and slippery slope. Why? The world could and will generously help define your worth for you and odds are you would most probably accept whatever value it decides to place on you (since you yourself are not clear on your worth, its easier to accept what you are dished). It is important to know as a fact that the world will never rate your worth higher than its own worth. So I don’t think we want the world defining any of our worths.
I think there were moments in my life that I forgot my worth. I forgot how truly amazing I was. I forgot how much love, how much care and how much light I was. I am not perfect. Actually am pretty sure am verrrry imperfect but I have some pretty decent qualities (modest me lol). I remember when I let others treat me with such distaste and I began to let their negative words define me, I let their words become ME. I look back at those days and I try to analyze and understand what happened. I came to the conclusion that I lost myself when I starting putting my wants and needs on the back burner and I had this increasing urge to please and satisfy others. I did not want to be misunderstood, to be misinterpreted, and to be misstated so at every corner, I was constantly explaining myself, doubting myself, losing myself. I was constantly looking up at everyone as if to say everyone was better than me. I am thankful for the amazing support system I call friends and family who are forever present to remind me of my forever increasing worth.
I challenge you today to define your own worth, to define your own standards and to ensure that people live up to them. I challenge you to stand firm in who you are. Who you are, what you belief, what you stand for might not be popular today or tomorrow. You may be a needle in a haystack but what’s so wrong with that? What is so wrong with being so unique, with being so imperfect? I actually see uniqueness and differences as beauty.
There is something so so so attractive about those who are so different and confident in their own worth.
Do you know your worth?
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This is poignant. However, where do you draw the line between knowing your worth and being humble?
One of the problem with our world today is that we have people who have become arrogant in the name of knowing your worth
I understand what you’re saying. I would say that knowing your worth doesn’t have to be a vocalized statement, its an understanding of yourself and being able to respect yourself and your values without being dis-respective to others. But I agree, some people have taken this notion too far into arrogance.