You Are Good Enough Today

I heard a story not too long ago, and I thought it was worth sharing, because it makes an important point. Thus I have heard:

Several years ago, The Dalai Lama was on his first lecture tour of the United States. He was about to speak to a group in Los Angeles, when someone approached him to ask a question. The man wanted to know why the Dalai Lama never addressed issues having to do with self esteem. The Dalai Lama didn’t know what the man was talking about, so he asked the man to explain what self esteem was and why he thought it deserved discussion.

What he heard stunned him. Apparently, it had never occurred to the Dalai Lama that people wouldn’t feel good about themselves. In fact, the very thought that large numbers of  people feel bad about themselves made him weep.

I decided to relate this story because I encounter a lot of people who struggle to feel good about themselves. Too many people believe they’re not good enough - not smart enough, too fat, too thin, too tall, too small, just plain aren’t enough.

The point is there is no point in waiting for the next thing to come along to make us feel good about ourselves. We don’t need to be thinner, fatter, smaller, taller, look different, have more of this or less of that. The point is we are good people today.

Believe it!