Is it any wonder that we sometimes have poor self esteem. We are teased by our friends, parents and grandparents as we grow up. More than a few school teachers hide behind their own ineffectiveness by criticizing their students. Many first line supervisors have no idea what leadership is and try to rule by intimidation. It is a wonder any of us survive. We grow up in constant need of self esteem improvement. You would think in a society that has grown up around putting people down there would be ready sources of people trained to help bring them back up again.
As I leave our local grocery store I always pass by a book rack filled with the onward and upward type books. Almost every time there is someone standing there reading them. Our druggist has a section of books all devoted to the same thing and they seem to get a lot of attention. Sometimes I think we get little booked to death and what we really need to do to accomplish self esteem improvement is to actively do something rather than sit at home and read. No, I do not know what it should be but my sense is it should involve other people.
