Dear Grace, This is so true.One thing I love about Joni, is that she took us with her through her metamorphosis of trying to learn how to value herself. That is why I love her music so much. She turned something very painful and personal into beautiful works of art. My favorite lyric of hers is:
"There's comfort in melancholly When there's no need to explain It's just as natural as the weather In these moody skies today..." I can't tell you how many days of low or no self-esteem those words helped me to get through. You are correct that it is an almost impossible task to learn to love oneself when those around you hve not given you any encouragement. I think this is why we are such a family here. There are so many of us that have not had the acceptance we needed and when we heard Joni's music, it was like a "Aha" moment for us. Sincerely, Sherelle In a message dated 06/09/2002 1:05:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > of course but self esteem isn't that simple! a person can spend their life > doing wondeful works(not just art but say caring for the dying or for > orphans or whatever) and still feel like they are not good enough1 and > there are those in the caring field who do it to make themselves feel > better or to appear good rather than because they feel compassion. Feeling > valuable and worthy and loved has to come from within. However, if one > grows up with people who do not value you, it is going to be a very > difficult, if not impossible, task to learn to value oneself. > > soooo....IF Joni felt not valued as achild, or unloved, or was criticised(I > don't know any of those things), she would have a difficult job valuing > herself as a person and may use her art as a way of gaining what she lacks > and that is doomed to failure. > > yes dr's are valued more than nurses. however, imagine where we would be > without sanitation workers! we all have a role and those roles are > important.
