The Self Esteem Triangle

The Self Esteem Triangle

Imagine a Big Triangle.

The Self Esteem Triangle often goes like this: you are at the mid left of the triangle, you are doing okay, even well, and slowly starting to make your way up to the top point of the triangle.

Once you are near the top (which is actually just healthy self-esteem) it feels kinda shaky, and then something ever so slight can knock you down so you are now sliding down the right side of the triangle and then hanging out down at the bottom again until you work your way back up, again, over and over.

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Momentary satisfaction and relief vs holding out for long term benefits

Momentary satisfaction and relief vs holding out for long term benefits

How often we find ourselves in this conundrum: living in the moment, for what is appearing now, in temporary satisfaction, pleasure and pain relief even if the best thing for us in the long term may not be visible quite yet. It's so hard to hold out for more when the impulse is to satisfy desires NOW.

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