If you are like me, you have been told something about self esteem being the root of many problems in our lives. This cheeky little booklet looks at the whole idea of self in a completely backwards light.. and I think from the way it’s content has hit me.. more right side up than our upside down way of doing things. Here’s a couple quotes from it and then a link to click on it’s 24 pages..a very quick read.. very good. It’s framed with the Bible but worth it even if you are skeptical about the Bible. 

“The way the normal human ego tries to fill its emptiness and deal with its discomfort is by comparing itself to other people. All the time….”

“Trying to recommend ourselves, trying to create a self esteem resume because we are desperate to fill our sense of inadequacy and emptiness…”

The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness