Self Esteem

Submitted by aleksey on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM

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Self Esteem

Self-acceptance.

When we talk about self-acceptance, we clearly understand it very differently. For

some people it is just a subject, when for others it is a lifetime goal. It could be very hard

to accept your own self just for who you are. A lot of times people try to deny any

negative characteristics of themselves in order to look better in their own eyes. But real

self-acceptance is not about lying, cheating, or finding an easy way out.

True self-acceptance can be a painful, unpleasant, and disturbing process. It takes

a lot of guts and courage to face that fact. Your real self might slap you in the face more

times than bring you pleasure and joy. Self-acceptance is a two-way street with a lot of

oncoming traffic. Other people's opinions in times count more than our own. And that is

what makes self-acceptance twice as hard to achieve.

For Amy Tan's mother self-acceptance was a challenge because of the language

problem. Yet, she managed to "survive" and master the art of dealing with it on daily

basis. It was not so much the language itself, but the consequences that followed were a

lot more severe. In fact I think that Amy's mom's inability to properly speak English

affected Amy herself. Next question is – who had more difficulties to overcome the

barrier of self-acceptance Amy or her mother? I think it was Amy because she was

embarrassed by the way Mrs. Tan communicated with other people.

In "Mother Tongue" we read about Amy trying to stick up for her mother in times

of "communication breakdown". Amy would always bring up her perfect English to

compensate for her mother's. But I think she realized that she was hurting her mom's

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