Marta

“The more important other people’s opinions become for us, the more of our freedom we give away; and the less we live life the way we want. We do less of what we want to do, we say less of what we want to say, and we even think less of what we want to think and we inevitably pay the price for it. It’s impossible to develop a healthy self-esteem while we overrate the opinion of others and take them to heart. Even worse our self-esteem gets worse because in the worst case we feel we are lesser persons than those whose opinions we depend on. It’s of utmost importance to (re-) claim your freedom and be independent from other people’s opinion. It’s a great life. You will love it.”
― Marc Reklau, Love Yourself First!: Boost your self-esteem in 30 Days